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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2021Carver County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Carver County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 1:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 522 Nnw New Germany, MNMESONET STATION MN022 NEW GERMANY 1NW.
Aug 26, 1:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaconia, MN3 INCH BRANCH DOWN IN WACONIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Aug 26, 1:53 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W St. Bonifacius, MN12 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED AT BASE.

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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

814 
WWUS83 KMPX 261815
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
115 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
 
MNZ066-068-261845-
McLeod MN-Carver MN-
115 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern McLeod
and western Carver Counties through 145 PM CDT...

At 114 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Silver Lake to near Lester Prairie to near
Glencoe. Movement was east at 40 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.

Locations impacted include...
Waconia, Glencoe, Watertown, Norwood Young America, Winsted, Mayer,
Lester Prairie, Hollywood, Hamburg, New Germany, Plato and Glencoe
Airport.

This includes U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 119 and 126.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4472 9390 4472 9417 4494 9419 4498 9401
      4498 9377 4482 9377 4471 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 252DEG 34KT 4495 9417 4485 9411 4473 9412 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

PEM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine51 min
Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens36 min
Aug 26, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift40 min
Aug 26, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa28 min
Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift23 min
Aug 26, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker22 min
Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville23 min
Aug 26, 12:25 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXBenton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 9 more3 hr
Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod23 min
Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin31 min
Aug 26, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin28 min
Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington40 min
Aug 26, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey46 min
Aug 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington46 min
Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington24 min
Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota and 22 more13 hr
Aug 26, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn, Pierce, Saint Croix24 min
Aug 26, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire58 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.