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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 2026Nicollet County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2026, 8:41 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2026, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

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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 23, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 11:47 AM CDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1147 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

MNZ052-053-060>063-069-070-076>078-083>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-241700-
Isanti-Chisago-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Scott-Dakota-
Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-
Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-
Eau Claire-
1147 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central
Minnesota...south central Minnesota...southeast Minnesota...
northwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening, with primary
hazards of lightning and occasionally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorm chances increase again Saturday night and Monday.
Some severe thunderstorms are possible.

Heat and humidity will increase beginning Sunday and will
continue into next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>068-073>075-082-241700-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker-
Wright-Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Redwood-
Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-
1147 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota...
southwest Minnesota and west central Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening. A few storms
may approach severe limits with large hail and damaging winds. A
few weak and brief spin-ups are possible with any of the more
organized storms that develop as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Thunderstorm chances increase again Saturday night and Monday.
Some severe thunderstorms are possible.

Heat and humidity will increase beginning Sunday and will
continent next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

BED

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
702 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

MNZ066-067-240030-
McLeod MN-Sibley MN-
702 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MCLEOD AND WESTERN
SIBLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

At 702 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southwest of Stewart, or 18 miles southwest of Hutchinson,
moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Stewart, Fernando, Gibbon, Winthrop and New Auburn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4467 9463 4472 9460 4472 9450 4473 9450
      4467 9416 4446 9433 4446 9437 4458 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 300DEG 26KT 4466 9454

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

NDC

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
724 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

MNZ085-240045-
Steele MN-
724 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...

At 724 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Owatonna, moving southeast at 35 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...
  Owatonna Airport, Owatonna, Merton, Rice Lake State Park and Bixby.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4407 9333 4420 9317 4420 9312 4417 9305
      4391 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 300DEG 31KT 4409 9318

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

NDC

Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
736 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

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

0718 PM     Hail             1 ENE Gibbon            44.54N 94.51W
06/23/2026  M0.75 Inch       Sibley             MN   Public

            Report via X.

&&

PV

Local storm report, Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
749 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

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

0627 PM     Funnel Cloud     4 W Kenyon              44.28N 93.07W
06/23/2026                   Rice               MN   Trained Spotter

            DELAYED REPORT: Video via NWSChat showing
            funnel cloud co-located with rotation on
            radar.

&&

PV

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
749 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

MNZ065-240115-
Renville MN-
749 PM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...

At 749 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Redwood Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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...
  Bechyn, Morton and Franklin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4464 9520 4477 9515 4471 9476 4449 9486
      4450 9487 4452 9488 4452 9494 4453 9494
      4454 9498 4455 9499 4454 9502 4455 9501
      4455 9502 4457 9507 4457 9510 4458 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 285DEG 27KT 4466 9512

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

NDC

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 8:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	28 min
Jun 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	21 min
Jun 23, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	26 min
Jun 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville, Sibley	48 min
Jun 23, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	40 min
Jun 24, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	24 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.