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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2009, 4:36 PM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 21, 2009, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Anoka County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
065 WUUS53 KMPX 212136 SVRMPX MNC003-212200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0048.090721T2136Z-090721T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 436 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 436 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST BETHEL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4541 9303 4522 9303 4528 9327 4542 9322 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 289DEG 11KT 4535 9318 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 42 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.