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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2022Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2022, 1:18 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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, 12:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 12:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 11:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1142 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
311645-
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-
1142 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms, including the potential for
multiple strong tornadoes, remains on track this afternoon and
evening across Minnesota, particularly west of the I-35 corridor.
Additional hazards include large hail in excess of 2 inches and
wind gusts in excess of 70 mph. Locally heavy rainfall and
flooding are also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will likely be needed this afternoon.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:18 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
118 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

MNZ057-058-065-301845-
Kandiyohi MN-Renville MN-Meeker MN-
118 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Meeker, southeastern
Kandiyohi and northeastern Renville Counties through 145 PM CDT...

At 118 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Cosmos, or 20 miles southeast of Willmar, moving
northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
  Litchfield, Atwater and Grove City around 135 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Watkins.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 83 and 108.
 U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 87 and 93.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 105 and 107.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4533 9472 4532 9439 4528 9438 4528 9426
      4524 9426 4498 9447 4498 9450 4494 9450
      4471 9469 4486 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 206DEG 61KT 4487 9482

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	24 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.