Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 2:16 AM CDT for Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2021, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
400
WWUS83 KMPX 240716
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
216 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
MNZ043>045-049-050-052-240800-
Isanti-Benton-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stearns-Kanabec-
216 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN KANABEC...CENTRAL
MILLE LACS...NORTHWESTERN ISANTI...BENTON...NORTHEASTERN STEARNS AND
SOUTHERN MORRISON COUNTIES...
At 215 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Royalton, or 13
miles southeast of Little Falls, moving east at 35 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Little Falls, Milaca, Foley, Pierz, Royalton, Onamia, Foreston,
Bowlus, Bock, Rice, Dalbo and Granite Ledge.
LAT...LON 4572 9441 4592 9447 4613 9357 4569 9340
4560 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 255DEG 32KT 4583 9419
$$
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 43 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.