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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2025Le Sueur County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2025, 9:39 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 12, 2025, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2025, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
806 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

MNZ092-130200-
Faribault MN-
806 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY
UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

At 806 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles west of Elmore, or 16 miles southeast of Fairmont, moving east
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Blue Earth, Elmore and Frost.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4362 9425 4366 9391 4350 9391 4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 269DEG 12KT 4353 9418

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Dunleavy
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:16 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:25 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin26 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod46 min
Jun 12, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin31 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXCarver, Hennepin50 min
Jun 12, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault54 min
Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur30 min
Jun 12, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville57 min
Jun 12, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod59 min
Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville32 min
Jun 12, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod57 min
Jun 13, 11:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.