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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 24, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2021, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 55
Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
926
WWUS83 KMPX 241045
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
545 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021
MNZ065-067-073>075-241115-
Brown MN-Sibley MN-Renville MN-Nicollet MN-Redwood MN-
545 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Redwood, Sibley,
Brown, Renville and Nicollet Counties through 615 AM CDT...
At 545 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fairfax, or 17 miles east of Redwood Falls, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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...
Gibbon around 555 AM CDT.
Winthrop around 605 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Gaylord and
Arlington.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 45 and 130.
U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 56 and 58.
U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 53 and 102.
U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 52 and 106.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for
south central, central, southwestern, west central and east central
Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9536 4470 9536 4476 9549 4489 9548
4489 9450 4463 9449 4463 9426 4472 9425
4472 9391 4468 9389 4467 9378 4455 9391
4426 9403 4417 9401 4426 9436 4411 9437
4411 9509 4420 9512 4420 9557 4455 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1045Z 268DEG 47KT 4456 9475
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Aug 24, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 7:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Sibley | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wabasha | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 8:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 21 min |
| Aug 24, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 10:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 8:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 28 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.