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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 2025Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2025, 4:44 AM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 21, 2025, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2025, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 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 Jul 21, 12:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 12:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
341 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
220830-
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-
341 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A cluster of thunderstorms approaching from the Dakotas this
morning may be strong to severe, capable of producing damaging
wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Excessive heat is possible Tuesday and Wednesday, including heat
index values as high as the upper 90s to low 100s.

Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected Tuesday through
Thursday. Some of these thunderstorms may be strong to severe late
Tuesday through late Wednesday, possibly producing large hail or
damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed this morning and possibly
later this week.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
444 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ047-048-055-056-211045-
Pope MN-Stevens MN-Chippewa MN-Swift MN-
444 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA...STEVENS...WESTERN POPE AND WESTERN SWIFT COUNTIES UNTIL
545 AM CDT...

At 444 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 18 miles northwest of Chokio to 23
miles northwest of Bellingham, or extending from 27 miles northwest
of Morris to 34 miles west of Morris, moving east at 35 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...
  Morris, Appleton, Hancock, Chokio, Milan, Cyrus, Donnelly, Lake
  Hattie, Lake Oliver, Fish Lake, Clontarf, Alberta, Danvers,
  Holloway, Farwell, Morris Airport, Lake Emily and Appleton Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9612 4541 9624 4559 9624 4559 9625
      4576 9625 4576 9560 4575 9554 4541 9561
      4510 9585 4515 9604 4516 9605 4517 9609
      4517 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 287DEG 32KT 4579 9637 4558 9637 4541 9655

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

TDH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	54 min
Jul 21, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	27 min
Jul 21, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine	46 min
Jul 21, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville	53 min
Jul 21, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	25 min
Jul 21, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	49 min
Jul 21, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	46 min
Jul 21, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	23 min
Jul 21, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	46 min
Jul 21, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	19 min
Jul 21, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Sibley	39 min
Jul 21, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley	34 min
Jul 21, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca	33 min
Jul 21, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	14 min

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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.