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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2025, 1:11 AM CDT for Dakota County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2025, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2025, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Dakota County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 385 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jul 15, 6:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:57 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:17 PM CDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 317 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 162030- 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- 317 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Outside of central Minnesota, afternoon heat index values will remain in the middle to upper 90s, resulting in dangerous heat levels for those active outdoors for a prolonged period of time through early this evening. Numerous thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. Scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible across western and central Minnesota into northwest Wisconsin. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the primary threats. In addition, locally heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed. bed
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 16, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 55 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.