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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2022, 11:16 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 20, 2022, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2022, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 20, 11:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 320 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 212030- 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- 320 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Heat and humidity will impact the area Friday afternoon as temperatures rise into the 90s. This weekend, thunderstorms are possible at times, with the greatest chances Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. Widespread severe weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
930 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
MNZ054-064-210315-
Yellow Medicine MN-Lac Qui Parle MN-
930 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Lac qui
Parle and central Yellow Medicine Counties through 1015 PM CDT...
At 929 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dawson, or 22 miles west of Montevideo, moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Dawson around 935 PM CDT.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 8 and 18.
U.S. Highway 75 between mile markers 97 and 107.
U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 87 and 95.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4500 9618 4463 9560 4462 9561 4463 9563
4463 9600 4495 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 309DEG 41KT 4492 9617
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ETASpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
940 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
MNZ047-210330-
Stevens MN-
940 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Stevens
County through 1030 PM CDT...
At 940 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Herman, or 13 miles east of Wheaton, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Donnelly around 955 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Morris.
This includes U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 164 and 175.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4575 9625 4576 9610 4570 9576 4552 9574
4550 9576 4569 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 289DEG 30KT 4575 9623
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
ETASpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1116 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
MNZ054-056-210445-
Chippewa MN-Lac Qui Parle MN-
1116 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Lac qui
Parle and northwestern Chippewa Counties through 1145 PM CDT...
At 1116 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bellingham, or 9 miles southeast of Ortonville, moving southeast at
40 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Bellingham around 1125 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Milan.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 22 and 23.
U.S. Highway 75 between mile markers 114 and 126.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4526 9637 4522 9622 4519 9617 4518 9611
4516 9606 4516 9601 4511 9585 4492 9599
4515 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 298DEG 35KT 4519 9634
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 3:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 26 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.