Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2010, 5:51 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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
- May 25, 2010, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2010, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
409
WUUS53 KMPX 252251
SVRMPX
MNC131-252330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0013.100525T2251Z-100525T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 549 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FARIBAULT...
WARSAW...
DUNDAS...
NORTHFIELD...
LONSDALE...
BRIDGEWATER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4452 9352 4449 9328 4448 9328 4448 9323
4445 9305 4420 9308 4421 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 164DEG 17KT 4427 9324
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
699
WWUS53 KMPX 252321
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
MNC131-252330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100525T2330Z/
RICE MN-
621 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARIBAULT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OF 52 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE FARIBAULT AIRPORT
BETWEEN 600 PM AND 615 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NERSTRAND...DUNDAS...NORTHFIELD...LONSDALE AND BRIDGEWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4452 9352 4449 9328 4448 9328 4448 9323
4445 9305 4420 9308 4421 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 177DEG 6KT 4432 9325
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$923
WWUS53 KMPX 252334
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
MNC131-252343-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100525T2330Z/
RICE MN-
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY.
LAT...LON 4452 9352 4449 9328 4448 9328 4448 9323
4445 9305 4420 9308 4421 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 177DEG 6KT 4432 9325
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| May 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 2 more | 32 min |
| May 25, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| May 25, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 48 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.