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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 4, 2026Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2026, 2:09 PM CDT for Todd 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: Jul 4, 2026, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 944 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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 Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:26 AM CDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
326 AM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
050830-
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-
326 AM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early
evening. Locally heavy downpours, lightning, and gusty winds will
be possible with storms today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
209 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026

MNZ042-042000-
Todd MN-
209 PM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN TODD
COUNTY UNTIL 3 PM CDT...

At 209 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms over Bertha, or 30 miles northeast of Alexandria,
moving east at 15 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...
  Hewitt, Bertha, Eagle Bend, Clarissa, Browerville and Staples.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4628 9515 4637 9515 4637 9476 4606 9481
      4611 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 272DEG 13KT 4627 9505

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

BED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	103 min
Jul 4, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	35 min
Jul 4, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	38 min
Jul 4, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	29 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns, Todd	38 min
Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	43 min
Jul 4, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	35 min
Jul 4, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stearns	34 min
Jul 4, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Stearns	50 min
Jul 4, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	40 min
Jul 4, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	54 min
Jul 4, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	27 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	43 min
Jul 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	65 min
Jul 4, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	46 min
Jul 4, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	40 min
Jul 4, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	41 min
Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	2 hr
Jul 4, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	33 min
Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	48 min
Jul 4, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	43 min
Jul 4, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	52 min
Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	60 min
Jul 4, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	23 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	50 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.