Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2009, 7:55 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2009, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2009, 8:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 150055 SVRMPX MNC043-091-150200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0037.090715T0055Z-090715T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 755 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMONT...OR ABOUT OVER FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BLUE EARTH... BRICELYN... KIESTER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4364 9366 4351 9366 4351 9467 4375 9451 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 284DEG 29KT 4363 9444 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 150118 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 818 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNC043-091-150200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090715T0200Z/ FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN- 818 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 818 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST CHAIN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ELMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BLUE EARTH...FROST AND BRICELYN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4351 9447 4372 9430 4364 9366 4351 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 289DEG 26KT 4356 9428 $$ JPR
000 WWUS53 KMPX 150146 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 846 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNC043-091-150156- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090715T0200Z/ FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN- 846 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4351 9447 4372 9430 4364 9366 4351 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 289DEG 26KT 4349 9402 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.