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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 2021Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 8:04 AM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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, 8:04 AM CDT (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

As transmitted.

499 
WWUS83 KMPX 241304
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
804 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021
 
MNZ064-065-073-074-241330-
Brown MN-Yellow Medicine MN-Renville MN-Redwood MN-
804 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Redwood,
southeastern Yellow Medicine, northwestern Brown and southwestern
Renville Counties through 830 AM CDT...

At 803 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wabasso, or 12 miles southwest of Redwood Falls, moving northeast at
45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
  Redwood Falls around 820 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Franklin and
Morton.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 44 and 64.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 56 and 88.

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 Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4447 9559 4476 9517 4446 9471 4446 9478
      4445 9478 4443 9470 4442 9468 4440 9469
      4419 9534 4420 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 237DEG 38KT 4442 9529 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 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
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 Considerable damage threat	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, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley	30 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, 8:30 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.