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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 11, 20086 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2008, 7:56 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2008, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 11, 8:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rush City, MN	SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
Jul 11, 8:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	4 S Brooklyn Park, MN	58 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED AT CRYSTAL AIRPORT.
Jul 11, 8:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Blaine, MN	4 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OFF 1 MILE EAST OF LEXINGTON AND 35W INTERSECTION.
Jul 11, 8:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Hilltop, MN	7 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN AT HWY 65 AND I694.
Jul 11, 8:44 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N St Paul, MN	6 INCH BRANCH DOWNED AT INTERSECTION OF RICE AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Jul 11, 8:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	South St Paul, MN	A FEW TREES DOWNED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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: 2916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 12.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 120057
SVRMPX
MNC003-019-025-053-123-163-120200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0186.080712T0056Z-080712T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
756 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 65 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES NORTH OF HANOVER TO ROCKFORD TO 12 MILES WEST OF VICTORIA...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE...
  HANOVER...
  INDEPENDENCE...
  LORETTO...
  CORCORAN...
  MAPLE PLAIN...
  ROGERS...
  MINNEAPOLIS...
  SAINT PAUL...
  MOUND...
  DAYTON...
  VICTORIA...
  MAPLE GROVE...
  CARVER...
  MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4529 9276 4505 9279 4494 9273 4478 9281
      4478 9301 4495 9308 4479 9330 4481 9356
      4467 9375 4510 9374 4525 9351 4541 9351
      4541 9304 4555 9303 4556 9313 4571 9313
      4570 9285 4557 9287 4557 9276 4545 9265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 270DEG 40KT 4527 9366 4509 9367
          4484 9389

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 120143
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
843 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

MNC003-019-025-053-123-163-120200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0186.000000T0000Z-080712T0200Z/
CHISAGO MN-ANOKA MN-WASHINGTON MN-HENNEPIN MN-RAMSEY MN-CARVER MN-
843 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARVER...RAMSEY...EASTERN HENNEPIN...WASHINGTON...
EASTERN ANOKA AND CHISAGO COUNTIES...

AT 842 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.  THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF BRANCH TO CENTERVILLE TO 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF EDEN PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODLAND...WAYZATA...SPRING
LAKE PARK...SCANDIA...OAK PARK HEIGHTS...OAK PARK...MINNETONKA...
MEDICINE LAKE...LILYDALE AND LEXINGTON.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4528 9277 4492 9274 4478 9281 4478 9301
      4495 9308 4479 9330 4481 9357 4467 9375
      4505 9348 4541 9304 4555 9303 4556 9313
      4571 9313 4570 9285 4557 9287 4557 9276
      4545 9265
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 270DEG 40KT 4552 9285 4517 9299
          4482 9339

$$

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.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
550 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008/

STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG WITH A POTENT COLD FRONT...WILL PUSH
ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TSRA
EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND TREK EAST OVER INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SFC TEMPS HAVE SOARED INTO THE UPPER 80S
AND LOWER 90S AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER WEST CENTRAL MN. LAPSWRF MODEL
HAS TSRA DEVELOPING AND BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD BETWEEN 23Z-02Z OVER
EAST CENTRAL MN. THE INTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. A FEW DECRETE SUPERCELLS COULD PRODUCE
TORNADOES. EXPECT MORE OF A LINEAR LINE OF TSRA OCCURRING LATER THIS
EVENING/OVERNIGHT.  PRECIP WATER VALUES INCREASE TO OVER 2.00
INCHES.  WET BULB ZERO ARE OVER 12000 FEET. CAP STRENGTH(INHIBITION
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TSRA) REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA AT THIS TIME. AIRMASS SHOULD RAPIDLY DESTABLIZED IN
THE VICINITY AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.

PRECIP MOVING OUT OF CWA OVERNIGHT...THEN A DRY WEATHER PATTERN OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DRY NORTHWEST AIR FLOW PREVAILING OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST THROUGH MONDAY.

MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE MODELS...ALL INDICATE A RATHER UNSETTLED
WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVE
TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERLY FLOW.

&&

.AVIATION.../00Z TAF ISSUANCE/

MAIN TAF CONCERNS HAVE TO DO WITH N TO S ORIENTED LINE OF STORMS
MARCHING ACRS MN ATTM. LINE MORE SOLID OVER THE NRN HALF OF THE
FA...AFFECTING MAINLY STC...BUT BKN CONVECTION BEGINNING TO FILL
IN OVR SWRN MN...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT THE REST OF THE TAF
SITES...EXCEPT AXN. TIMING HAS SLOWED DOWN A BIT...WITH MSP LIKELY
TO BE AFFECTED AROUND/JUST AFT SUNSET. CONVECTION SHUD CLEAR ALL
THE TAF SITES BY 06Z. THE LINE OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY GUSTY
WINDS AND PSBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY PASS. GUSTY WINDS IN PRETTY MUCH
ALL THE TAFS...BUT ATTM...HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANY GR/GS IN ANY OF
THEM. WILL CONT TO MONITOR TO SEE IF INCLUSION NEEDED IN UPDATES
OR RIGHT BEFORE TAF ISSUANCE. AS CDFNT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO A W TO NW DIRN...REMAINING GUSTY THRU THE ENTIRE TAF PD.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

JVM/KAT

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
534 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
122245-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
534 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR OVER CENTRAL
MINNESOTA PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN
AFTER 900 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
EVENING. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAYBE NEEDED DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:26 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
726 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0717 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N WATKINS             45.39N 94.41W
07/11/2008                   STEARNS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FIFTEEN FOOT TREE DOWNED.

&&

AJZ

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:28 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
728 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0653 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW LITTLE FALLS       45.97N 94.38W
07/11/2008  M62 MPH          MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            62 MPH GUST RECORDED WITH DOZENS OF TREES DOWN IN
            VICINITY.

&&

MKM

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:29 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     HAIL             DANUBE                  44.79N 95.10W
07/11/2008  M0.88 INCH       RENVILLE           MN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

MKM

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:37 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
737 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0726 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NNE HUTCHINSON        44.94N 94.35W
07/11/2008  E62 MPH          MCLEOD             MN   MESONET

            62 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT HOOK LAKE RD.

&&

MKM

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:47 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
747 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

MNZ053-060>063-069-070-WIZ014-023-024-120130-
ANOKA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-SCOTT-ST.
CROIX-WASHINGTON-
747 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ANOKA...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...
HENNEPIN...PIERCE...POLK...RAMSEY...SCOTT...ST. CROIX AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG
LAKE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FERNANDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 39 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES HAVE
BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE
SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...AS WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BECOME
NECESSARY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ROGERS.
  ST FRANCIS.
  CEDAR.
  EAST BETHEL.
  THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

KAT

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
756 PM CDT FRI JUL 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE BOCK               45.75N 93.50W
07/11/2008                   KANABEC            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 PINE TREES DOWNED UP TO 1 1/2 FT DIAMETER. SOME ON
            POWER LINES. WIND GUST OF 48 MPH RECORDED.

&&

MKM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker	39 min
Jul 11, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright	44 min
Jul 11, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Wright	36 min
Jul 11, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Sibley	47 min
Jul 11, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	53 min
Jul 11, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec	47 min
Jul 11, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	17 min
Jul 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne	27 min
Jul 11, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Sibley	35 min
Jul 11, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	56 min
Jul 11, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	19 min
Jul 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	45 min
Jul 11, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	54 min
Jul 11, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chisago, Washington	20 min
Jul 11, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	61 min
Jul 11, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	61 min
Jul 11, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	47 min
Jul 11, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele	19 min
Jul 12, 3:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more	15 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.