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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 22, 2023Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2023, 6:40 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2023, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2023, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jul 22, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
315 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

MNZ042>045-049>053-057>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-232015-
Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stearns-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-
Chisago-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-Chippewa-Eau Claire-
315 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms will continue through early evening. A
couple storms may be capable of producing large hail or strong
wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The possibility of a dangerous heat wave continues to increase for
next week with several days in the 90s expected. Max heat indices
by Wednesday and Thursday may reach the low to mid 100s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed through early evening.

MNZ041-047-048-054>056-232015-
Douglas-Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
315 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The possibility of a dangerous heat wave continues to increase for
next week with several days in the 90s expected. Max heat indices
by Wednesday and Thursday may reach the low to mid 100s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

Borghoff

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:51 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:40 PM 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
Jul 22, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	34 min
Jul 22, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	29 min
Jul 22, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	34 min
Jul 22, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	42 min
Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	23 min
Jul 22, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	34 min
Jul 22, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	35 min
Jul 22, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	25 min
Jul 22, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	30 min
Jul 22, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wabasha	15 min
Jul 22, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	31 min
Jul 22, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	30 min
Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	28 min
Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn	43 min
Jul 22, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn, Pierce	28 min
Jul 22, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix	28 min
Jul 22, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	29 min
Jul 22, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin, Pierce	21 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	34 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.