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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2023Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2023, 12:40 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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: Aug 11, 2023, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2023, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 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 Aug 11, 12:19 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 12:19 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 2:49 PM CDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
249 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
112000-
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-
249 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to move into western Minnesota around
6 to 7 PM, move eastward overnight, and weaken as they approach
Wisconsin. A few severe storms are possible, the main threat is
damaging wind.

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

Friday afternoon/evening, scattered to numerous thunderstorms
will redevelop, with higher chances north of I-94 and east of
I-35. Some storms may be severe with large hail and damaging
winds.

There is another chance of thunderstorms Sunday and Sunday
evening, severe weather could be possible, but there is more
uncertainty with this event.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

jrb

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1153 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

MNZ082>084-110530-
Waseca MN-Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN-
1153 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Blue Earth,
southeastern Watonwan and southwestern Waseca Counties through 1230
AM CDT...

At 1153 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Vernon Center, or 15 miles southwest of Mankato, moving east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Good Thunder around 1205 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Mapleton, St.
Clair, Pemberton and Waldorf.

This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 26 and 53.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9447 4422 9432 4418 9411 4416 9406
      4417 9403 4408 9358 4385 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 283DEG 34KT 4402 9421

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Dye

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:57 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1157 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

MNZ076-077-084-085-110545-
Steele MN-Le Sueur MN-Waseca MN-Rice MN-
1157 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Le
Sueur, northwestern Steele, northern Waseca and Rice Counties through
1245 AM CDT...

At 1157 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Waterville, or 15 miles west of Faribault, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Morristown and Warsaw around 1210 AM CDT.
  Faribault around 1215 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this storm include Medford and
Owatonna.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 37 and 66.
 U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 144 and 156, and between mile
markers 160 and 175.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4411 9377 4421 9377 4442 9352 4442 9304
      4437 9304 4400 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 281DEG 36KT 4427 9360

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JRB

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:10 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:28 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:32 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:40 AM 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
Aug 10, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	29 min
Aug 10, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	44 min
Aug 10, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	30 min
Aug 10, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	31 min
Aug 10, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	36 min
Aug 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	30 min
Aug 10, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	42 min
Aug 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod, Meeker	45 min
Aug 10, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	45 min
Aug 10, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Redwood	57 min
Aug 10, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	38 min
Aug 10, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	50 min
Aug 10, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Watonwan	45 min
Aug 10, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan	44 min
Aug 10, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	53 min
Aug 10, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	44 min
Aug 10, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	47 min
Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	52 min
Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	37 min
Aug 10, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	48 min
Aug 10, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth	46 min
Aug 11, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	35 min
Aug 11, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	47 min
Aug 11, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	28 min
Aug 11, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	36 min
Aug 11, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	43 min
Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	40 min
Aug 11, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	34 min
Aug 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	47 min
Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec	38 min
Aug 11, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs	35 min
Aug 11, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	43 min
Aug 11, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Sherburne	39 min
Aug 11, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville	51 min
Aug 11, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	51 min
Aug 11, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Washington	38 min
Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	McLeod, Sibley	46 min
Aug 11, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	27 min
Aug 11, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Meeker, Wright	23 min
Aug 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	11 min
Aug 11, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Scott, Sibley	32 min
Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott and 2 more	60 min
Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley	47 min
Aug 11, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley	16 min
Aug 11, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Dakota, Washington	46 min
Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	30 min
Aug 11, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice	33 min
Aug 11, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	36 min
Aug 11, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Martin	44 min
Aug 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	57 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	28 min
Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	28 min
Aug 11, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	23 min
Aug 11, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	51 min
Aug 11, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Steele	11 min
Aug 11, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	35 min
Aug 11, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	33 min
Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	61 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	31 min
Aug 11, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk	46 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	58 min
Aug 11, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	38 min
Aug 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	46 min
Aug 11, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	46 min
Aug 11, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	40 min
Aug 11, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin	37 min
Aug 11, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pepin	13 min

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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.