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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 2021Blue Earth County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 10:35 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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, 10:35 AM CDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
40

County Blue Earth County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

989 
WWUS83 KMPX 241535
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1035 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021
 
MNZ082-083-241600-
Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN-
1035 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Blue
Earth and northeastern Watonwan Counties through 1100 AM CDT...

At 1035 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Madelia, or 18 miles south of New Ulm, moving east at 40 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...
  Madelia around 1040 AM CDT.
  Lake Crystal around 1055 AM CDT.

This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 39 and 48.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4407 9460 4411 9448 4411 9437 4414 9437
      4420 9419 4420 9414 4418 9411 4404 9405
      4397 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 260DEG 35KT 4404 9449 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley35 min
Aug 24, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift29 min
Aug 24, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott32 min
Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift43 min
Aug 24, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice42 min
Aug 24, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine38 min
Aug 24, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift52 min
Aug 24, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift45 min
Aug 24, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns46 min
Aug 24, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville42 min
Aug 24, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue40 min
Aug 24, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright33 min
Aug 24, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright46 min
Aug 24, 5:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley30 min
Aug 24, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright33 min
Aug 24, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley31 min
Aug 24, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley26 min
Aug 24, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington35 min
Aug 24, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott67 min
Aug 24, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown33 min
Aug 24, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington30 min
Aug 24, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet, Sibley37 min
Aug 24, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Sibley31 min
Aug 24, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWabasha29 min
Aug 24, 8:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood26 min
Aug 24, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood30 min
Aug 24, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley21 min
Aug 24, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota27 min
Aug 24, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet, Watonwan49 min
Aug 24, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin37 min
Aug 24, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Martin44 min
Aug 24, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn40 min
Aug 24, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin45 min
Aug 24, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire25 min
Aug 24, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire32 min
Aug 24, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce, Saint Croix32 min
Aug 24, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn30 min
Aug 24, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Rusk28 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.