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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2021Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 11:48 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 87 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, 11:48 PM CDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

851 
WWUS83 KMPX 280448
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1148 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
MNC013-043-047-147-161-280615-
Freeborn-Faribault-Steele-Blue Earth-Waseca-
1148 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING EXPECTED...

Thunderstorms with heavy rain will cause minor flooding in the
following counties...

Freeborn...Faribault...Steele...Blue Earth...Waseca...

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1146 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
  thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding in 
  the area. 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen and another 1 to 2 are 
  possible.

* Some locations that will experience minor flooding include...
  Blooming Prairie, Mapleton, New Richland, Clarks Grove, Ellendale,
  Minnesota Lake, Geneva, Hartland, Hollandale, Freeborn and Matawan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding. Report flooding to law enforcement.

&&

LAT...LON 4377 9385 4392 9402 4390 9305 4370 9305

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn4 hr
Aug 28, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens61 min
Aug 28, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXLac qui Parle33 min
Aug 28, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens56 min
Aug 28, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift51 min
Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXSwift44 min
Aug 28, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd49 min
Aug 28, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi52 min
Aug 28, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXStearns40 min
Aug 28, 11:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns36 min
Aug 28, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXMorrison, Todd43 min
Aug 28, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne45 min
Aug 28, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs41 min
Aug 28, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs48 min
Aug 28, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka47 min
Aug 28, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago23 min
Aug 28, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti46 min
Aug 28, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan54 min
Aug 28, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood26 min
Aug 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan64 min
Aug 28, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley and 1 more62 min
Aug 28, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet24 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.