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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2025, 4:47 AM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 40
County Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 20, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:45 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 348 PM CDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 202100- 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- 348 PM CDT Thu Jun 19 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few severe thunderstorms are possible overnight, primarily along and north of Interstate 94. Large hail is the primary threat. Heavy rainfall is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Extreme heat is expected beginning Friday across southwestern Minnesota, expanding across the remainder of the area Saturday and Sunday. Heat indices of 105 to 110 degrees are likely during the afternoon. In addition, low temperatures will be in the mid 70s to lower 80s, providing little relief from the heat. Complexes of thunderstorms Friday night will be confined mostly to northern Minnesota. However, some storms may impact parts of central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Large hail and damaging winds would be possible. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are likely next week, with the potential for heavy rain and flooding where thunderstorms train over the same areas. The threat is highest from southern Minnesota into western Wisconsin. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed overnight. Borghoff
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:57 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
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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, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 52 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, 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 |
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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.