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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2021Nicollet County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2021, 10:52 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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 28, 2021, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

215 
WWUS83 KMPX 290352
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1052 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
 
MNZ067-074>076-083-290445-
Le Sueur MN-Brown MN-Blue Earth MN-Sibley MN-Nicollet MN-
1052 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Le
Sueur, eastern Sibley, east central Brown, northwestern Blue Earth
and Nicollet Counties through 1145 PM CDT...

At 1052 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
New Ulm, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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...
  Courtland around 1055 PM CDT.
  Lafayette around 1100 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Le Sueur and
Henderson.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 96 and 120.
 U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 64 and 81.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
south central, central and east central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4433 9462 4469 9404 4437 9373 4416 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 239DEG 35KT 4431 9442 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley	32 min
Aug 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	23 min
Aug 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	34 min
Aug 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	23 min
Aug 28, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	28 min
Aug 28, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	34 min
Aug 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	33 min
Aug 28, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	31 min
Aug 28, 9:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood	6 hr
Aug 28, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	31 min
Aug 28, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	43 min
Aug 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown	30 min
Aug 28, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	47 min
Aug 29, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	93 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.