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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 Nnw New Germany, MN | MESONET STATION MN022 NEW GERMANY 1NW. |
| Aug 26, 1:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waconia, MN | 3 INCH BRANCH DOWN IN WACONIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Aug 26, 1:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W St. Bonifacius, MN | 12 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.
- 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.
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
$$
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, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 23 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 |
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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.