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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2021Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2021, 6:17 AM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 28, 2021, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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.

692 
WWUS83 KMPX 281117
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
617 AM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021
 
MNZ058-059-066-281145-
McLeod MN-Meeker MN-Wright MN-
617 AM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Wright,
central Meeker and northwestern McLeod Counties through 645 AM CDT...

At 617 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Litchfield, or 17 miles northwest of Hutchinson, moving east at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea 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...
  Dassel around 635 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Cokato.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4501 9472 4520 9469 4523 9410 4483 9420
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 279DEG 32KT 4510 9457 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 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, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	30 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, 6:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.