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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 2024Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2024, 1:40 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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: Jun 4, 2024, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Chippewa County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -71 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 Jun 4, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:07 AM CDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:20 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
140 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

MNZ056-065-041900-
Chippewa MN-Renville MN-
140 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND
NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...

At 140 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Maynard, or 13 miles east of Montevideo, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Granite Falls, Clara City, Maynard, Minnesota Falls, and Gluek.

This includes U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 52 and 55.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in the Twin Cities.

&&

LAT...LON 4475 9544 4486 9559 4512 9546 4503 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 207DEG 24KT 4491 9545

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	40 min
Jun 4, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	45 min
Jun 4, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	36 min
Jun 4, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	47 min
Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	28 min
Jun 4, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	46 min
Jun 4, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	20 min
Jun 4, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Wright	41 min
Jun 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	34 min
Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	37 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Sherburne	47 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	37 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago	47 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	28 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	25 min
Jun 4, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey	35 min
Jun 4, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	31 min
Jun 4, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	27 min
Jun 4, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	32 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	33 min
Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	33 min
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	32 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.