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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2024Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2024, 1:48 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 10, 2024, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2024, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 55

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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: 800 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 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 10, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:00 AM CDT, 10 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
300 AM CDT Wed Jul 10 2024

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
110800-
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-
300 AM CDT Wed Jul 10 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening,
but severe weather is not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hot and humid conditions are expected this weekend. Heat indices
may exceed 100 degrees.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
148 PM CDT Wed Jul 10 2024

MNZ049>051-058-101915-
Benton MN-Sherburne MN-Stearns MN-Meeker MN-
148 PM CDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MEEKER...SOUTHERN
BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH
215 PM CDT...

At 148 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Waite Park, or near St. Cloud, moving southwest at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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...
St. Cloud, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, Waite Park, St. Joseph, Cold Spring,
Collegeville, Foley, Rockville, Richmond, Watkins, and Kimball.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 156 and 174.
 U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 167 and 185.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4564 9381 4517 9453 4519 9476 4524 9477
      4573 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 047DEG 18KT 4550 9428

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	25 min
Jul 10, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	34 min
Jul 10, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	28 min
Jul 10, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	45 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Meeker, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns and 2 more	38 min
Jul 10, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Meeker, Ramsey, Washington, Wright	44 min
Jul 10, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville	25 min
Jul 10, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	26 min
Jul 10, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	27 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.