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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2023Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2023, 3:30 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2023, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 13, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:44 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
244 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
141945-
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-
244 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms will develop across S and W MN this
afternoon. A few storms over central through southern Minnesota
may be strong to severe, potentially producing damaging winds or
large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Canadian wildfire smoke will return to the region Friday and
lasting into the weekend. There is an Air Quality Alert on Friday
for the entire state of Minnesota due to degraded air quality.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed this afternoon into
tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
327 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

MNZ093-132100-
Freeborn MN-
327 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central
Freeborn County through 400 PM CDT...

At 326 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Albert Lea, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
  Hayward around 340 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include London.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 8 and 16.
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 153 and 173.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4363 9348 4373 9345 4374 9305 4357 9305
      4356 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 274DEG 30KT 4368 9337

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
330 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

MNZ092-093-132045-
Freeborn MN-Faribault MN-
330 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Faribault
and southwestern Freeborn Counties through 345 PM CDT...

At 330 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mansfield, or 16 miles west of Albert Lea, moving east at 35 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...
  Mansfield around 340 PM CDT.
  Conger around 345 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 90 between mile markers 140 and 142.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4361 9373 4367 9370 4364 9345 4351 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 280DEG 29KT 4362 9369

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

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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
Jul 13, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	33 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	27 min
Jul 13, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Redwood, Renville	28 min
Jul 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	23 min
Jul 13, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Waseca	27 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville	25 min
Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	35 min
Jul 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns	44 min
Jul 13, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	27 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	34 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	34 min
Jul 13, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	30 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	34 min
Jul 13, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	31 min
Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	43 min
Jul 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	36 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	47 min
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	45 min
Jul 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	44 min
Jul 13, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	39 min
Jul 13, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	48 min
Jul 13, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	36 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.