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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2022Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2022, 1:07 AM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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: May 30, 2022, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2022, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 1127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WWUS83 KMPX 300607
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
107 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022
 
MNZ047-055-056-300630-
Chippewa MN-Stevens MN-Swift MN-
107 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Chippewa, southeastern Stevens and western Swift Counties through 130
AM CDT...

At 106 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Appleton, or 20 miles northwest of Montevideo, moving north 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...
  Lake Oliver around 120 AM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 19 and 38.
 U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 136 and 158.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
west central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4550 9606 4546 9575 4541 9574 4541 9563
      4507 9578 4511 9599 4516 9605 4518 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 197DEG 34KT 4520 9595 

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

$$

NDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	29 min
May 30, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	32 min
May 30, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	31 min
May 30, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	27 min
May 30, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Todd	36 min
May 30, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	23 min
May 30, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	50 min
May 30, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine	58 min
May 30, 3:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more	19 hr
May 30, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville	30 min
May 30, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 1 more	23 min
May 30, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	46 min
May 30, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	26 min
May 30, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Todd	31 min
May 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Todd	38 min
May 30, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	57 min
May 30, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	24 min
May 30, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	27 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	51 min
May 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	35 min
May 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift	31 min
May 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	28 min
May 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	37 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	30 min
May 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	40 min
May 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	42 min
May 30, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	26 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	38 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine	47 min
May 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	46 min
May 30, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MPX	Douglas, Todd	45 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	47 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley and 1 more	39 min
May 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift	33 min
May 30, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	43 min
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan	47 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	67 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Wright	37 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Wright	43 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	28 min
May 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Wright	16 min
May 30, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 2 more	34 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	30 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.