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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2021Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 12:56 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2021, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
30

County Martin County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 393 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
393 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

730 
WWUS83 KMPX 270556
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1256 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
MNZ091-270630-
Martin MN-
1256 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Martin
County through 130 AM CDT...

At 1254 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sherburn, or 10 miles northeast of Jackson In Jackson County, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 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...
  Sherburn around 100 AM CDT.
  Trimont and Welcome around 110 AM CDT.

This includes Interstate 90 between mile markers 81 and 95.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4359 9486 4374 9486 4383 9476 4370 9454
      4356 9481
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 229DEG 21KT 4368 9480 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

CEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn5 hr
Aug 27, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Faribault, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan3 hr
Aug 27, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn3 hr
Aug 27, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey2 hr

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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.