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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 3, 1997Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1997, 9:36 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1997, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1997, 10:40 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1997-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1997-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

440 
WUUS1 KMSP 040238
SVRMSP
MNC153-040340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORECTED LOCATIONS AFFECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
936 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  TODD COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1040 PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    PHILBROOK
    EAGLE BEND
    STAPLES
    BROWERVILLE

* AT 935 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE STORM WITH
  LARGE HAIL NEAR STAPLES OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WADENA.
  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


JJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec59 min
Aug 3, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd63 min
Aug 4, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne34 min
Aug 4, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.