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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2022Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2022, 5:06 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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, 5:06 AM CDT (10:06 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2022, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 10:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1037 PM CDT Sun May 29 2022

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
302300-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-
Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-
Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-
Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-
St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
1037 PM CDT Sun May 29 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Storms are expected to develop overnight tonight, with chances
lasting through sunrise Monday morning. Some of the these storms
may be severe, with the main hazards being large hail up to
baseball size and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, though a few
tornadoes will be possible as well. The risk for severe weather
will be greatest across central through southern Minnesota with a
lesser risk into western Wisconsin.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms, including the potential for
multiple strong tornadoes, is possible late Monday afternoon
through Monday evening across Minnesota, particularly western
Minnesota. Additional hazards include large hail up to golf ball
size and wind gusts in excess of 70 mph. Locally heavy rainfall
and flooding are also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will likely be needed this evening
through the overnight hours and again Monday afternoon and
evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 4:35 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW SAUK CENTRE       45.73N 94.97W
05/30/2022  E65 MPH          STEARNS            MN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            MNDOT SENSOR ON I-94.

&&

PEM

Local storm report, May 30, 4:50 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 4:55 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 5:01 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 5:02 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 5:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	23 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, 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.