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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 15, 2025Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2025, 6:13 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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 15, 2025, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2025-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2025-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 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 15, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
252 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
162000-
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-
252 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are ongoing across western
and southern Minnesota this afternoon and will continue through
the evening. Localized areas of heavy rainfall are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected Monday through
Wednesday. This will result in additional chances for strong to
severe storms and heavy rainfall, especially on Monday when the
chance for severe storms is highest.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
613 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

MNZ073-152345-
Redwood MN-
613 PM CDT Sun Jun 15 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

At 613 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles north of Walnut Grove, or 20 miles southwest of Redwood Falls,
moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch 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...
  Wabasso, Sanborn, Lucan, Seaforth and Wanda.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4434 9555 4449 9553 4449 9510 4421 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 269DEG 15KT 4440 9546

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TDH

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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.