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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2024, 6:46 PM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 4, 2024, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 4, 6:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 306 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 052015- 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- 306 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected through tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is likely. A few strong or severe storms are possible, especially across southern Minnesota. Moderate river flooding continues along parts of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
341 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
MNZ077-078-085-042130-
Steele MN-Rice MN-Goodhue MN-
341 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN STEELE...
SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
CDT...
At 340 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southwest of Kenyon, or 10 miles southeast of Faribault, moving
northeast 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 hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Pine Island, Zumbrota, Kenyon, Wanamingo, Nerstrand, Moland, Bombay,
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Wastedo, Rice Lake State Park, and
Hader.
This includes U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 178 and 182.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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.
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LAT...LON 4434 9316 4452 9275 4420 9261 4419 9304
4402 9305 4399 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 246DEG 30KT 4423 9310
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
CTGSpecial weather statement, Jul 4, 6:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 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.