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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 2010Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2010, 2:27 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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, 2010, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 9:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 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: 2915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 16.3

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The text

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

522 
WUUS53 KMPX 141927
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-142030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0113.100714T1927Z-100714T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
227 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 222 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 5 MILES SOUTH OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  ANOTHER POTENTIAL SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
  FARIBAULT. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...
  RUSKIN...
  NERSTRAND...
  KENYON...
  DENNISON...
  BOMBAY...
  STANTON...
  WANAMINGO...
  WASTEDO...
  HADER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 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.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9305 4420 9332 4428 9334 4447 9312
      4448 9304 4449 9303 4454 9273 4420 9273
      4419 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 240DEG 23KT 4424 9325
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

402 
WWUS53 KMPX 141948
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
248 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

MNC049-131-142030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-100714T2030Z/
GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-
248 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
RICE AND WESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM STANTON TO RUSKIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KENYON...WASTEDO...BOMBAY...HADER AND WANAMINGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9305 4420 9318 4448 9304 4449 9303
      4454 9273 4420 9273 4419 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 261DEG 17KT 4446 9299 4421 9310
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

466 
WWUS53 KMPX 142001
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
301 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

MNC131-142011-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-100714T2030Z/
RICE MN-
301 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4420 9274 4419 9304 4452 9279 4454 9275
      4454 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 264DEG 26KT 4449 9273 4421 9294

$$

MNC049-142030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-100714T2030Z/
GOODHUE MN-
301 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELCH TO WEST CONCORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HADER AND WANAMINGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9274 4419 9304 4452 9279 4454 9275
      4454 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 264DEG 26KT 4449 9273 4421 9294
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 3:12 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 13 more	15 hr
Jul 14, 6:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	67 min
Jul 14, 7:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	39 min
Jul 14, 7:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	19 min
Jul 14, 7:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	54 min
Jul 14, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	48 min
Jul 14, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	40 min
Jul 14, 9:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	44 min
Jul 14, 9:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	41 min
Jul 14, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago	47 min
Jul 14, 1:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	47 min
Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	49 min
Jul 14, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd	63 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	35 min
Jul 14, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	44 min
Jul 14, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd	51 min
Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	65 min
Jul 14, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	42 min
Jul 14, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	23 min
Jul 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.