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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 2, 2025Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 2, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2025, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

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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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 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

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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:33 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:36 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
415 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025

MNZ057-058-065-066-022145-
Kandiyohi MN-McLeod MN-Meeker MN-Renville MN-
415 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN MEEKER...WEST
CENTRAL MCLEOD...KANDIYOHI AND NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL
445 PM CDT...

At 415 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 9 miles northwest of Willmar to over
Bird Island, or extending from 9 miles northwest of Willmar to 18
miles northeast of Redwood Falls, moving east at 40 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 damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Willmar, Olivia, New London, Spicer, Hector, Atwater, Bird Island,
  Buffalo Lake, Grove City, Cosmos, Green Lake, Pennock, Kandiyohi,
  Lakeside, Norway Lake, Lake Lillian, Blomkest, Thorpe, Svea and
  Regal.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9508 4497 9510 4526 9525 4533 9526
      4541 9495 4541 9476 4533 9476 4533 9469
      4510 9456 4474 9444 4467 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 250DEG 36KT 4525 9512 4500 9497 4473 9486

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

NDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	33 min
Jun 2, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	32 min
Jun 2, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	41 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	27 min
Jun 2, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Swift	38 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	37 min
Jun 2, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	44 min
Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	57 min
Jun 2, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	43 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	43 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Swift	30 min
Jun 2, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	19 min
Jun 2, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville	29 min
Jun 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville	50 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	29 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	36 min
Jun 2, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Sibley	44 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	23 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	19 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	46 min
Jun 2, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	29 min
Jun 2, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Scott	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.