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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2026Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2026, 12:48 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 5, 2026, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2026, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 30

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 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 Jun 5, 5:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:28 AM CDT, 10 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:14 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1214 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

MNZ044-045-051745-
Mille Lacs MN-Kanabec MN-
1214 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KANABEC AND EAST CENTRAL
MILLE LACS COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

At 1214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rum River State Forest, or 34 miles northwest of Cambridge, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Knife Lake, Warman and Mora Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9362 4600 9370 4607 9350 4607 9329
      4601 9310 4593 9322 4588 9328 4593 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 276DEG 17KT 4607 9351 4601 9332 4596 9343 4593
9349 4594 9361 4600 9370

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1248 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

MNZ045-051815-
Kanabec MN-
1248 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KANABEC COUNTY
UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

At 1248 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Quamba, or 30 miles north of Cambridge, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Mora Airport, Quamba and Snake River State Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4606 9328 4608 9305 4598 9306 4598 9314
      4588 9314 4588 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 267DEG 20KT 4598 9321

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Borghoff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	31 min
Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	32 min
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	36 min
Jun 5, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	43 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Swift	33 min
Jun 5, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	37 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	36 min
Jun 5, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	29 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	52 min
Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Rusk	19 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	56 min
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire, Pepin	53 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.