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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 2026Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2026, 5:55 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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: Sep 2, 2026, 5:55 AM CDT (10:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2026, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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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 Sep 2, 3:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 2:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 12:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1215 AM CDT Wed Sep 2 2026

MNZ077-084-085-020600-
Steele MN-Rice MN-Waseca MN-
1215 AM CDT Wed Sep 2 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL WASECA...
SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND NORTHERN STEELE COUNTIES UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

At 1215 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles southeast of Waseca, or 11 miles southwest of Owatonna, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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...
  Owatonna, Waseca, Medford, Lemond, Clinton Falls, Merton, Moland,
  Hope, Owatonna Airport and Rice Lake State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4393 9344 4408 9351 4428 9312 4418 9305
      4404 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 241DEG 24KT 4402 9342

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

TDH

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 5:55 AM 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
Sep 1, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	37 min
Sep 1, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault	24 min
Sep 1, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	57 min
Sep 1, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	50 min
Sep 1, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault	49 min
Sep 1, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele, Waseca	52 min
Sep 1, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	34 min
Sep 1, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan	45 min
Sep 2, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	45 min
Sep 2, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele	17 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.