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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2023, 5:31 AM CDT for Isanti 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 27, 2023, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2023, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 30
County Isanti County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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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 27, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 302 AM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023 MNZ060>063-067>070-075-076-083-280815- Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota- Nicollet-Le Sueur-Blue Earth- 302 AM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...east central Minnesota and south central Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Excessive heat is expected today with Heat Index values around 105 degrees this afternoon. Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon through the overnight hours. Large hail & damaging winds are the main hazards, along with locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible Friday, along with the chance for isolated severe weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed. MNZ041>045-047>059-064>066-073-074-077-078-082-084-085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-280815- Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns- Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Redwood- Brown-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire- 302 AM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hot and humid again today with heat index values around 100 this afternoon. Severe thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon through the overnight hours. Large hail & damaging winds are the main hazards, along with locally heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible Friday, along with the chance for isolated severe weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 531 AM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023 MNZ044-045-052-271100- Isanti MN-Mille Lacs MN-Kanabec MN- 531 AM CDT Thu Jul 27 2023 ...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Kanabec, southeastern Mille Lacs and northwestern Isanti Counties through 600 AM CDT... At 531 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bock, or 20 miles northwest of Cambridge, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Ogilvie around 540 AM CDT. Mora around 550 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of this storm include Brunswick and Grasston. This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 184 and 192. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 4565 9364 4583 9365 4588 9314 4562 9314 TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 268DEG 31KT 4575 9354 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH NDC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 9:04 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 66 min |
| Jul 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 16 min |
| Jul 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 35 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.