Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 12:52 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 26, 2021, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County McLeod County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hutchinson, MN | BRANCH DOWN OVER ROADWAY, UNKNOWN SIZE. |
| Aug 26, 12:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | 2 Ssw Hutchinson, MN | AWOS STATION KHCD HUTCHINSON AP. |
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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
421
WWUS83 KMPX 261752
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1252 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
MNZ066-261815-
McLeod MN-
1252 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western McLeod County
through 115 PM CDT...
At 1252 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Hutchinson to near Stewart to 7 miles
southwest of Brownton. Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Hutchinson and Brownton around 105 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Glencoe and
Silver Lake.
This includes U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 103 and 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for
central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4487 9450 4496 9415 4473 9415 4471 9423
4472 9425 4470 9426 4465 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 250DEG 28KT 4488 9447 4476 9446 4466 9447
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
PEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota and 22 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.