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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 17, 2021McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2021, 1:53 AM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 17, 2021, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 307 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-09-17Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -170 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
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

275 
WWUS83 KMPX 170653
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
153 AM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021
 
MNZ065>067-075-170730-
McLeod MN-Sibley MN-Renville MN-Nicollet MN-
153 AM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Sibley, McLeod,
eastern Renville and northwestern Nicollet Counties through 230 AM
CDT...

At 153 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Fairfax, or 19 miles east of Redwood Falls, moving northeast at 60
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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...
  Buffalo Lake around 205 AM CDT.
  Stewart around 210 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Brownton and
Glencoe.

This includes U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 89 and 120.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9467 4467 9490 4490 9453 4489 9450
      4491 9450 4498 9438 4498 9432 4459 9400
      4439 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 240DEG 52KT 4459 9472 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison23 min
Sep 16, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi37 min
Sep 16, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa31 min
Sep 16, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville27 min
Sep 16, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison45 min
Sep 16, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs47 min
Sep 16, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXKandiyohi, Renville31 min
Sep 16, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker28 min
Sep 16, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs37 min
Sep 16, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville33 min
Sep 16, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti37 min
Sep 16, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright30 min
Sep 16, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin33 min
Sep 16, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle36 min
Sep 16, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec23 min
Sep 16, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns24 min
Sep 17, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs36 min
Sep 17, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton24 min
Sep 17, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs28 min
Sep 17, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine35 min
Sep 17, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec20 min
Sep 17, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton25 min
Sep 17, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville31 min
Sep 17, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs27 min
Sep 17, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet30 min
Sep 17, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley16 min
Sep 17, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Rice26 min
Sep 17, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott15 min
Sep 17, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington16 min
Sep 17, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXWashington15 min
Sep 17, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue27 min
Sep 17, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix30 min
Sep 17, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron30 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.