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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2026Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2026, 2:25 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2026, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

841 
WWUS83 KMPX 191925
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
225 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

MNZ043-044-192015-
Morrison MN-Mille Lacs MN-
225 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MILLE LACS AND EAST
CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

At 225 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Vineland, or 23 miles east of Little Falls, moving
east at 30 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...
  Onamia, Isle, Wahkon, Vineland, Hillman, Bayview, Lake Mille Lacs,
  Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Rum River State Forest and Father
  Hennepin State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

If on or near Lake Mille Lacs get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be
caught on the water in a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 4601 9390 4616 9389 4616 9381 4624 9381
      4625 9353 4625 9343 4598 9343 4598 9352
      4589 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 285DEG 24KT 4609 9390

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

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	46 min
Jun 19, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	44 min
Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	42 min
Jun 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	37 min
Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	65 min
Jun 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Morrison	43 min
Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec	51 min
Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	38 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec	32 min
Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	44 min
Jun 19, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	40 min
Jun 19, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	53 min
Jun 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	52 min
Jun 19, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	53 min
Jun 19, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	49 min
Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	22 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chisago	45 min
Jun 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne	14 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	47 min
Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	45 min
Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	56 min
Jun 19, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod, Ramsey and 3 more	66 min
Jun 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	53 min
Jun 19, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	61 min
Jun 19, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	54 min
Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	34 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Saint Croix	41 min
Jun 19, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	31 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	15 min
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	46 min
Jun 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn	44 min
Jun 19, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce	41 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.