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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 1997Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 1:14 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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 29, 1997, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1997, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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 29, 1:30 AM CDTHail 0.75Cosmos, MN5 inches of rain also reported.

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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1997-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1997-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

937 
WUUS1 KMSP 290615
SVRMSP
MNC093-145-290715-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  MEEKER COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    EDEN VALLEY
    WATKINS
    KIMBALL
    LITCHFIELD

* AT 105 AM CDT SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE STORM
  WITH LARGE HAIL IN PAYNESVILLE...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  WILLMAR.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL.  STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.


MCBEATH PETERS
 

&

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY OF MOST REPORTS TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 AM    1 NW LINCOLN              MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   TODD

0615 AM    FLENSBURG                 MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MORRISON

0628 AM    14 W LITTLE FALLS         MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MORRISON

0705 AM    LITTLE FALLS              MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MORRISON                       2 INCH LIMBS DOWN

0725 AM    RICE                      MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   BENTON

0725 AM    3 N SAUK RAPIDS           MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BENTON                         POWER LINES DOWN

0855 AM    BROOKLYN PARK             MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   HENNEPIN

0855 AM    COON RAPIDS               MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ANOKA

0925 AM    MOUNDS VIEW               MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RAMSEY

0956 AM    ST PAUL                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RAMSEY

1004 AM    WOODBURY                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   WASHINGTON                     4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

1005 AM    NEW RICHMOND ARPT         WI   63 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/97   ST CROIX

1015 AM    WOODBURY                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   WASHINGTON

1225 PM    MORRIS                    MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   STEVENS                        TREES DOWN

0125 PM    2 W WILLMAR               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI                      ROOF OFF BUILDING

0150 PM    RANDALL                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MORRISON                       TREES DOWN

0210 PM    PAYNESVILLE               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   STEARNS                        TREES DOWN

0240 PM    FAIRFAX                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   RENVILLE                       TREES DOWN

0240 PM    4 NE FAIRFAX              MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RENVILLE

0245 PM    1 N HUTCHINSON            MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MCLEOD                         TREES DOWN

0330 PM    5 E NORTH BRANCH          MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   CHISAGO                        TREES DOWN

0345 PM    RAMSEY                    MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ANOKA

0413 PM    1 W EAU CLAIRE            WI   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   EAU CLAIRE                     SIDING TORN OFF BUILDING

0500 PM    CANNON FALLS              MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   GOODHUE                        LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

0515 PM    3 SE RUSKIN               MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RICE

0610 PM    TRUMAN                    MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MARTIN

0615 PM    6 SE MAPLETON             MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   BLUE EARTH

0620 PM    DELAVAN                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   FARIBAULT

0640 PM    6 NE NEW LONDON           MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI

0713 PM    10 S WILLMAR              MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI

0715 PM    LESTER PRAIRIE            MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MCLEOD

0800 PM    6 S COSMOS                MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RENVILLE

0827 PM    2 NE WINTHROP             MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   SIBLEY

KRAUSE
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY OF MOST REPORTS TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 AM    1 NW LINCOLN              MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   TODD

0615 AM    FLENSBURG                 MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MORRISON

0628 AM    14 W LITTLE FALLS         MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MORRISON

0705 AM    LITTLE FALLS              MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MORRISON                       2 INCH LIMBS DOWN

0725 AM    RICE                      MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   BENTON

0725 AM    3 N SAUK RAPIDS           MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   BENTON                         POWER LINES DOWN

0855 AM    BROOKLYN PARK             MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   HENNEPIN

0855 AM    COON RAPIDS               MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ANOKA

0925 AM    MOUNDS VIEW               MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RAMSEY

0956 AM    ST PAUL                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RAMSEY

1004 AM    WOODBURY                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   WASHINGTON                     4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

1005 AM    NEW RICHMOND ARPT         WI   63 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/97   ST CROIX

1015 AM    WOODBURY                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   WASHINGTON

1225 PM    MORRIS                    MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   STEVENS                        TREES DOWN

0125 PM    2 W WILLMAR               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI                      ROOF OFF BUILDING

0150 PM    RANDALL                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MORRISON                       TREES DOWN

0210 PM    PAYNESVILLE               MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   STEARNS                        TREES DOWN

0240 PM    FAIRFAX                   MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   RENVILLE                       TREES DOWN

0240 PM    4 NE FAIRFAX              MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RENVILLE

0245 PM    1 N HUTCHINSON            MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   MCLEOD                         TREES DOWN

0330 PM    5 E NORTH BRANCH          MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   CHISAGO                        TREES DOWN

0345 PM    RAMSEY                    MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   ANOKA

0413 PM    1 W EAU CLAIRE            WI   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   EAU CLAIRE                     SIDING TORN OFF BUILDING

0500 PM    CANNON FALLS              MN   WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97   GOODHUE                        LARGE BRANCHES DOWN

0515 PM    3 SE RUSKIN               MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RICE

0610 PM    TRUMAN                    MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MARTIN

0615 PM    6 SE MAPLETON             MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   BLUE EARTH

0620 PM    DELAVAN                   MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   FARIBAULT

0640 PM    6 NE NEW LONDON           MN   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI

0713 PM    10 S WILLMAR              MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   KANDIYOHI

0715 PM    LESTER PRAIRIE            MN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   MCLEOD

0800 PM    6 S COSMOS                MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   RENVILLE

0827 PM    2 NE WINTHROP             MN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   SIBLEY

KRAUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville47 min
Jun 28, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley38 min
Jun 28, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet58 min
Jun 28, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville51 min
Jun 28, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jun 28, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley52 min
Jun 28, 11:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod3 hr
Jun 29, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod44 min
Jun 29, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod2 hr
Jun 29, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley54 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.