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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2025, 8:21 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 23, 2025, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
691
WWUS83 KMPX 240121
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
821 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2025
MNZ077-083>085-091>093-240215-
Faribault MN-Martin MN-Blue Earth MN-Steele MN-Waseca MN-Rice MN-
Freeborn MN-
821 PM CDT Wed Jul 23 2025
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WASECA...SOUTHEASTERN
RICE...SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...STEELE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...
At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles southeast of Owatonna to 25
miles west of Sherburn, or extending from 6 miles southeast of
Owatonna to 38 miles west of Fairmont, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
I-90, Owatonna, Albert Lea, Fairmont, Waseca, Blue Earth, Wells,
Blooming Prairie, Mapleton, Winnebago, Medford, New Richland,
Sherburn, Clarks Grove, Ellendale, Minnesota Lake, Welcome,
Elmore, Alden, Glenville and Geneva.
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 4374 9485 4379 9421 4401 9398 4430 9309
4418 9305 4374 9305 4354 9327 4350 9378
4350 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 354DEG 9KT 4403 9314 4370 9417 4362 9522
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MPGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 5 hr |
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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.