Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 5, 1999, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)

Expired

Jun 5, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMSP 060016 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC127-129-173-060100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
713 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  SOUTHEAST YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 713 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF BELVIEW...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING
  NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOOD LAKE
  VESTA
  RENVILLE
  ECHO
  DELHI
  BELVIEW

DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY 
OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NEAR MARSHALL AND IVANHOE...MOVING 
RAPIDLY NORTH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

MBK

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 1999

THE MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. 18Z SOUNDING FM MPX SHOWED A VERY IMPRESSIVE TEMP
PROFILE WITH CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWED
SEVERAL FEEDER BANDS OF CUMULUS OVR SOUTHERN HALF OF MN. LATEST SATL
IMAGERY SHOWED RAPID DEVELOPMENT OVR EAST CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST
MN.  SIGNIFICANT TSTM DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURRING OVR SE SOUTH DAKOTA
INTO SOUTHWEST MN.  THIS IS MAIN FOCUS FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND
SUPERCELLS.  SFC LOW OVR NEBRASKA MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DURING THE PERIOD.  FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH CWA
UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  WL KEEP POPS GOING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH PRECIP ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST.  LEAVE A SMALL POP IN FOR
MONDAY OVER WISCONSIN CWA.  EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER
ON SUNDAY.  WL BOOST TEMPS UP A BIT ON SUNDAY.  WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS
AHEAD OF FRONT SHOULD WARM TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
80S.

.MSP...NONE.
JVM

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.