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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2025Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2025, 2:08 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 20, 2025, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 1319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

As transmitted.

894 
WWUS83 KMPX 200708
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
208 AM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

MNZ091-092-200800-
Faribault MN-Martin MN-
208 AM CDT Fri Jun 20 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN FARIBAULT AND 
MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT...

At 208 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong 
thunderstorms extending from near Truman to 13 miles southwest of 
Elmore, or extending from 12 miles north of Fairmont to 16 miles 
southeast of Fairmont, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
  Dunnell, Sherburn, Trimont, Foxlake, Ceylon, Welcome, Wilbert, 
  Ormsby, Fairmont, Fairmont Airport, Northrop, Granada, Imogene, 
  East Chain, Truman, Guckeen, Huntley, Blue Earth, Elmore and 
  Winnebago.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead 
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9483 4351 9485 4385 9485 4385 9425
      4383 9410 4366 9395 4350 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 282DEG 27KT 4380 9453 4369 9436 4342 9433

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	48 min
Jun 19, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	42 min
Jun 20, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	40 min
Jun 20, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	54 min
Jun 20, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	31 min
Jun 20, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	52 min
Jun 20, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	44 min
Jun 20, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	57 min
Jun 20, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	42 min
Jun 20, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	42 min
Jun 20, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	33 min
Jun 20, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	36 min
Jun 20, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	35 min
Jun 20, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	28 min
Jun 20, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	33 min
Jun 20, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	43 min
Jun 20, 5:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	38 min
Jun 19, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Saint Croix	43 min
Jun 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix	48 min
Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Saint Croix	14 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin, Pierce	17 min
Jun 20, 1:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	41 min

Nearby

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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.