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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2008Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 4:33 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
May 30, 2008, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 4:57 PM CDTHAIL 0.55 Ne Glencoe, MN
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Norwood/Young America, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2008-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2008-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-413 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 302133
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-302230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.080530T2133Z-080530T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
433 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 428 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HUTCHINSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF BROWNTON...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LESTER PRAIRIE...
  WACONIA...
  BISCAY...
  SILVER LAKE...

THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR HUTCHINSON.

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 4498 9378 4477 9378 4480 9437 4495 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 269DEG 27KT 4487 9428

$$

MTF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302147
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC019-085-302230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080530T2230Z/
MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-
446 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CARVER AND NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER
IN HUTCHINSON WITH THIS STORM.

AT 441 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SILVER LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GLENCOE...AND MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WATERTOWN...WACONIA...SILVER
LAKE...NEW GERMANY...MAYER...LESTER PRAIRIE AND BISCAY.

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.

LAT...LON 4481 9430 4486 9432 4495 9431 4498 9379
      4495 9378 4479 9378 4477 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 271DEG 25KT 4486 9418

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 302223
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

MNC019-085-302232-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080530T2230Z/
MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-
522 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARVER AND
NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE LITCHFIELD AREA. REMAIN ALERT 
FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 4481 9430 4486 9432 4495 9431 4498 9379
      4495 9378 4479 9378 4477 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 271DEG 25KT 4485 9383

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan49 min
May 29, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Redwood, Renville16 min
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood50 min
May 30, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown49 min
May 30, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan40 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown31 min
May 30, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan47 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens54 min
May 30, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens46 min
May 30, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope36 min
May 30, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice63 min
May 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift58 min
May 30, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan54 min
May 30, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele28 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope39 min
May 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope27 min
May 30, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice27 min
May 30, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet53 min
May 30, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift52 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn51 min
May 30, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker61 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet62 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley43 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright50 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley45 min
May 30, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod37 min

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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.