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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 2025Le Sueur County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2025, 9:37 AM CDT for Le Sueur County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2025, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2025, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
30

County Le Sueur County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2025-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2025-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 7:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 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

Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
634 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 N Montevideo          44.97N 95.72W
07/21/2025  M39 MPH          Chippewa           MN   AWOS

            AWOS station KMVE Montevideo AP.

&&

BPH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:37 AM CDT, 3 hours before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
637 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ049-055>058-064-065-211230-
Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-Renville MN-Chippewa MN-Yellow Medicine
MN-Meeker MN-Swift MN-
637 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MEEKER...EASTERN
CHIPPEWA...KANDIYOHI...EASTERN SWIFT...NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE...SOUTH
CENTRAL STEARNS AND EAST CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES UNTIL 730
AM CDT...

At 637 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Raymond, or 13 miles west of Willmar, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
  Willmar, Granite Falls, Olivia, Paynesville, Clara City, Renville,
  New London, Spicer, Atwater, Bird Island, Raymond, Kerkhoven,
  Grove City, Sacred Heart, Prinsburg, Cosmos, Maynard, Green Lake,
  Pennock and Danube.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4477 9563 4507 9534 4541 9534 4541 9465
      4493 9466 4464 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 281DEG 38KT 4506 9528

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BPH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
711 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ049-057>059-066-211300-
McLeod MN-Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-Meeker MN-Wright MN-
711 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MEEKER...NORTHWESTERN
MCLEOD...SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI...SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS AND
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 8 AM CDT...

At 711 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Paynesville to 7 miles north of
Bird Island, or extending from 19 miles northeast of Willmar to 20
miles south of Willmar, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
  Hutchinson, Litchfield, Cokato, Dassel, Atwater, Watkins, Kimball,
  Grove City, Cosmos, Greenleaf, Forest City, Manannah, Darwin, Lake
  Lillian, South Haven, Thorpe, Litchfield Airport, Strout, Cedar
  Mills and Corvuso.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9491 4508 9484 4533 9482 4533 9421
      4497 9419 4486 9431 4488 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 282DEG 33KT 4533 9477 4509 9470 4486 9489

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

BPH
Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
713 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 W Atwater             45.14N 94.81W
07/21/2025  M50 MPH          Kandiyohi          MN   Mesonet

            Mesonet station MN159 U.s.12 - Atwater - Mp
            85.4.

&&

BPH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
759 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ051-059>061-066-068-211345-
Anoka MN-Hennepin MN-Sherburne MN-McLeod MN-Wright MN-Carver MN-
759 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN
MCLEOD...NORTHERN CARVER...WEST CENTRAL ANOKA...SOUTHEASTERN
SHERBURNE AND WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...

At 759 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Howard Lake, or 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, moving east at 45 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...
  Buffalo, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka,
  Shakopee, Chaska, Ramsey, Elk River, Chanhassen, Hopkins, Anoka,
  St. Michael, Otsego, Monticello, Waconia, Big Lake, Mound, Rogers
  and Orono.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4484 9430 4505 9418 4532 9422 4530 9416
      4534 9411 4534 9343 4481 9341 4480 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 276DEG 37KT 4508 9401

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

BPH
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:37 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
937 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

MNZ076-077-211500-
Rice MN-Le Sueur MN-
937 AM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM CDT...

At 937 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Le Center, or 19 miles west of Faribault, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea 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...
  Montgomery, Le Center, Waterville, Morristown, Kilkenny and
  Sakatah Lake State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4429 9379 4446 9369 4441 9334 4420 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 285DEG 30KT 4436 9366

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

BPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens61 min
Jul 21, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle54 min
Jul 21, 5:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift27 min
Jul 21, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine46 min
Jul 21, 6:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Renville53 min
Jul 21, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi25 min
Jul 21, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker49 min
Jul 21, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright46 min
Jul 21, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod46 min
Jul 21, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley19 min
Jul 21, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley39 min
Jul 21, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley34 min
Jul 21, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca33 min
Jul 21, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca14 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.