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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2010Rice County, Minnesota

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine35 min
May 25, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 2 more32 min
May 25, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue28 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.