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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2021Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2021, 4:45 AM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2021, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 30

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 28, 5:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sauk Centre, MN	NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND A FEW SNAPPED.
Jul 28, 5:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	2 Se Sauk Centre, MN	MESONET STATION MN016 SAUK CENTRE 2SE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 4029 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WWUS83 KMPX 280945
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
445 AM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021
 
MNZ042-043-049-281015-
Morrison MN-Stearns MN-Todd MN-
445 AM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Todd,
northwestern Stearns and southwestern Morrison Counties through 515
AM CDT...

At 445 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Lake Osakis, or 17 miles east of Alexandria, moving
southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Sauk Centre around 455 AM CDT.
  Grey Eagle around 500 AM CDT.
  Melrose around 505 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include St. Anthony, Albany
and Freeport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4573 9434 4544 9479 4591 9515 4599 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0945Z 314DEG 38KT 4587 9500 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

TDH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 4:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens	32 min
Jul 28, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	26 min
Jul 28, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Pope, Stevens, Swift	44 min
Jul 28, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	28 min
Jul 28, 4:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns, Todd	36 min
Jul 28, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	46 min
Jul 28, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	28 min
Jul 28, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Wright	30 min
Jul 28, 7:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet	41 min
Jul 28, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	32 min
Jul 28, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Washington	31 min
Jul 28, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	32 min
Jul 28, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.