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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 8, 2025Douglas County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2025, 5:09 AM CDT for Douglas County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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: Aug 8, 2025, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in

Counties Douglas County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 2958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.2

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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 Aug 8, 3:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
323 AM CDT Fri Aug 8 2025

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
090830-
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-
323 AM CDT Fri Aug 8 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A line of thunderstorms pushing into northwest Minnesota early
this morning could bring gusty winds as far south as central
Minnesota.

Hot and very humid conditions are expected this afternoon. Heat
indices will range from 95 to 103.

A line of thunderstorms will likely develop along a cold front
late this evening across western Minnesota and track east
overnight. Large hail and damaging winds will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Lingering thunderstorms are possible across portions of western
Wisconsin and southern Minnesota on Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed tonight.

Borghoff

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 5:09 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
509 AM CDT Fri Aug 8 2025

MNZ041-047-048-054-055-081100-
Douglas MN-Swift MN-Pope MN-Lac Qui Parle MN-Stevens MN-
509 AM CDT Fri Aug 8 2025

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI
PARLE...STEVENS...DOUGLAS...NORTHWESTERN POPE AND NORTHWESTERN SWIFT
COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM CDT...

At 509 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 32 miles north of Evansville to 41
miles northwest of Marietta, or extending from 45 miles northwest of
Alexandria to 58 miles west of Morris, moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

The strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Chokio around 530 AM CDT.
  Donnelly around 535 AM CDT.
  Lake Hattie around 540 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this strong thunderstorm include Fish
Lake, Melby, Alberta, Millerville and Morris Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9612 4541 9624 4576 9625 4576 9576
      4611 9577 4611 9519 4540 9576 4487 9645
      4527 9645 4525 9629 4522 9627 4518 9610
      4524 9610 4524 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1009Z 304DEG 40KT 4644 9591 4601 9635 4573 9650
4539 9706

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

Borghoff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd	47 min
Aug 8, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Todd	44 min
Aug 8, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison, Todd	46 min
Aug 8, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	42 min
Aug 8, 8:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	40 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.