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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 1997Le Sueur County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1997, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 3:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Le Center, MNTrees also reported down on south side of Jefferson Lake.
Jun 28, 3:55 PM CDTHail 2Marystown, MN
Jun 28, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Elko, MNShed damage. Also reported in New Market. Estimated windspeed.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1849 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 282020 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC079-139-282100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  LE SUEUR COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SCOTT COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    SHAKOPEE
    BELLE PLAINE
    LEXINGTON
    LE CENTER

* AT 318 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SVEVERE STORMS
  FROM CHANHASSEN TO GAYLORD.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


MCBEATH PETERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd41 min
Jun 28, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison46 min
Jun 28, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison32 min
Jun 28, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns45 min
Jun 28, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne46 min
Jun 28, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton32 min
Jun 28, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka42 min
Jun 28, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey46 min
Jun 28, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin31 min
Jun 28, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington55 min
Jun 28, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue64 min
Jun 28, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington39 min
Jun 28, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens39 min
Jun 28, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope56 min
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Todd50 min
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift50 min
Jun 28, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice50 min
Jun 28, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker57 min
Jun 28, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison57 min
Jun 28, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns40 min
Jun 28, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns41 min
Jun 28, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville48 min
Jun 28, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison41 min
Jun 28, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright53 min
Jun 28, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWright32 min
Jun 28, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley55 min
Jun 28, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet43 min
Jun 28, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec54 min
Jun 28, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin62 min
Jun 28, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington66 min
Jun 28, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott66 min
Jun 28, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown57 min
Jun 28, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice42 min
Jun 28, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan53 min
Jun 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin61 min
Jun 28, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Waseca35 min
Jun 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin30 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker58 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker53 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.