Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2010, 3:58 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 13 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2010, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 65.0 mph
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Kingston, MN | NON ROTATING WALL CLOUD |
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 8 S South Haven, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Kingston, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:13 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Wsw Annandale, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wsw Annandale, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Kingston, MN | MOVING SSE |
| Jul 17, 4:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Cokato, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:26 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cokato, MN | TIME ESTIMATED |
| Jul 17, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 4 Ne Dassel, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Buffalo, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Sw Annandale, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Howard Lake, MN | |
| Jul 17, 4:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Wsw Buffalo, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 8 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 17, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
354 WUUS53 KMPX 172058 SVRMPX MNC093-145-171-172200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0132.100717T2058Z-100717T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 357 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIMBALL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FAIRHAVEN... SOUTH HAVEN... ANNANDALE... MAPLE LAKE... COKATO... HOWARD LAKE... BUFFALO... WAVERLY... MONTROSE... KINGSTON... SMITH LAKE... RASSAT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4515 9370 4498 9406 4530 9454 4547 9423 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 313DEG 29KT 4528 9433 WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.75IN $$ JLT
3 follow-up statements
112 WWUS53 KMPX 172107 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 MNC093-145-171-172200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-100717T2200Z/ STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN- 407 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MEEKER...WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBALL...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANNANDALE...MAPLE LAKE...COKATO...HOWARD LAKE...BUFFALO... WAVERLY...MONTROSE...SMITH LAKE AND RASSAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HAIL...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 4515 9370 4498 9406 4530 9454 4547 9423 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 313DEG 29KT 4523 9426 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN $$ JLT
372 WWUS53 KMPX 172113 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 413 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 MNC093-145-171-172200- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-100717T2200Z/ STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN- 413 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MEEKER...WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 411 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE... AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN...OR 16 MILES EAST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 407 PM...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR SOUTH HAVEN WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAPLE LAKE...COKATO...HOWARD LAKE...BUFFALO...WAVERLY...MONTROSE... SMITH LAKE AND RASSAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HAIL...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 4515 9370 4498 9406 4530 9454 4547 9423 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 313DEG 29KT 4520 9421 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 2.75IN $$ JLT
745
WWUS53 KMPX 172132
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
432 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
MNC093-145-172141-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-100717T2200Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
432 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEEKER AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4517 9373 4515 9371 4498 9406 4515 9426
4516 9425 4532 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 313DEG 29KT 4510 9406
$$
MNC171-172200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0132.000000T0000Z-100717T2200Z/
WRIGHT MN-
432 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WRIGHT COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 429 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOWARD LAKE...OR 21
MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN
ADDITION...A TORNADO WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WRIGHT AND CARVER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOWARD LAKE...BUFFALO...WAVERLY AND MONTROSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HAIL...WHICH
WILL UPROOT TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
TO BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE
OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4517 9373 4515 9371 4498 9406 4515 9426
4516 9425 4532 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 313DEG 29KT 4510 9406
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN
$$
JLTWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 17, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 135 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 .DISCUSSION... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS THE SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. AIRMASS WAS VERY PRIMED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL ACROSS MUCH OF FORECAST AREA. THIS THE MAIN FOCUS WILL BE OVER WESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WEAK CAP OVER SOUTHWEST MN...EXPECTED TO ERODE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG AND NORTH OF WARM FRONT BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL MN. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED...SO THE MAIN THREATS OVER OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ONCE THE CAP ERODE NEAR THE WARM SECTOR SOUTH INTERSTATE 94...EXPECT SOME ISOLATED TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MN...WITH MOVES THE BULK OF THE SEVERE WEATHER BY 10 PM SOUTH OF OUR CWA. LATER TONIGHT...MORE OF HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT...EXCEPT OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WI AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MN. HYDROLOGICAL CONCERNS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRAIN OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MN TONIGHT. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST TONIGHT...EXPECT A BACKWARD PROPAGATING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN MN LATER THIS EVENING. PRECIP WATER VALUES OF 2.00 TO 2.50 INCHES ARE FORECAST OVER THIS AREA. EVEN WITH FORECAST QPF 3.00 OR 4.00 INCHES. IT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM ON THE MAIN STEMS OF THE RIVERS TONIGHT. NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MONDAY AS ANOTHER WEAK SHORT WAVE TROUGH. LONG RANGE FORECAST...MODELS DIFFER ON THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH END OF THE WORK WEEK. GFS MODEL KEEPS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DRY...WHILE THE PERSISTENT EUROPEAN MODEL KEEPS US WET THROUGH FRIDAY. WL LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN MODEL...AS SEVERAL MINOR IMPULSES RIDE OVER THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. TIMING OF THE INITIATION OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CRITICAL. && .AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ MAIN CONCERN IS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...COVERAGE AND SEVERITY AND THE IMPACT ON THE TAF SITES. CONVECTION BEGINNING IN WESTERN MN AND NORTH CENTRAL MN. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT AT 35 KTS AND ARE WIDELY SCATTERED IN WRN MN...WHERE AS WE HAVE A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL MN. EXPECT THE CONVECTION IN WESTERN MN TO REMAIN WIDELY SCATTERED THOUGH 20Z BEFORE BECOMING ORGANIZED INTO A LARGER COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. DO NOT EXPECT THE COMPLEX IN NORTH CENTRAL MN TO GET MUCH STRONGER OR WIDESPREAD AS THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER 21Z AND CONTINUING THROUGH 04Z. AFT 21Z WE EXPECT THE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR WESTERN MN DEVELOP FURTHER AND ORGANIZE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX AND MOVE SOUTHEAST. IT IS LIKELY THAT MOST /IF NOT ALL/ TAF SITES WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 21Z SATURDAY AND 06Z SUNDAY. KMSP...A FEW MID CLOUDS FOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPROACH THE METRO AREA. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY UNTIL 22Z. NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 20 KTS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE TROUGH APPROACHES. EXPECT THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BETWEEN 21Z AND 03Z SUNDAY AND CONDITIONS MAY BECOME IFR AFTER 00Z AND CONTINUE THROUGH 4Z DEPENDING ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WE EXPECT TO MOVE SOUTHEAST. WIND GUSTS MAY BE TOO LIGHT IN THE TAF BETWEEN 00 AND 04Z AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && JM/DL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 11:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 180915- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1144 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ENTIRE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BECOME DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WEEK AHEAD LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY RETURNING BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:37 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
337 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0332 PM HAIL RICHMOND 45.45N 94.52W
07/17/2010 M2.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJZLocal storm report, Jul 17, 3:38 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0327 PM HAIL ST MARTIN 45.50N 94.66W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJZLocal storm report, Jul 17, 3:40 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0337 PM HAIL COLD SPRING 45.46N 94.43W
07/17/2010 M4.25 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
GROUND IS COVERED WITH MAINLY SMALLER PIECES OF HAIL.
&&
AJZLocal storm report, Jul 17, 3:52 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0334 PM HAIL RICHMOND 45.45N 94.52W
07/17/2010 M2.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
AJZLocal storm report, Jul 17, 3:53 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0352 PM HAIL 1 N KIMBALL 45.33N 94.30W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
AJZLocal storm report, Jul 17, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
354 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM HAIL 5 W LONG PRAIRIE 45.98N 94.97W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH TODD MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0203 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 NW SAUK CENTRE 45.77N 95.00W
07/17/2010 STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0222 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E OSAKIS 45.87N 95.11W
07/17/2010 TODD MN STORM CHASER
TREES DOWN EAST END OF LAKE OSAKIS HWY 27.
0222 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE OSAKIS 45.90N 95.11W
07/17/2010 TODD MN STORM CHASER
TREES DOWN
0225 PM HAIL 3 NE SAUK CENTRE 45.76N 94.91W
07/17/2010 M0.88 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0233 PM TSTM WND GST 4 E SAUK CENTRE 45.75N 94.88W
07/17/2010 M62.00 MPH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0233 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E SAUK CENTRE 45.75N 94.88W
07/17/2010 STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
4 TO 5 INCH BRANCHES DOWN ON ROAD.
0234 PM HAIL 3 W ST ROSA 45.73N 94.78W
07/17/2010 M1.00 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0235 PM HAIL 1 W AVON 45.61N 94.47W
07/17/2010 E0.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0236 PM HAIL 2 N SAUK CENTRE 45.77N 94.96W
07/17/2010 M0.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0237 PM HAIL 3 W ST ROSA 45.73N 94.78W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0243 PM HAIL 1 N SAUK CENTRE 45.75N 94.96W
07/17/2010 M1.00 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0323 PM HAIL ST MARTIN 45.50N 94.66W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0327 PM HAIL 1 N RICHMOND 45.47N 94.52W
07/17/2010 M1.00 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0327 PM HAIL ST MARTIN 45.50N 94.66W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0330 PM HAIL 2 SW ST MARTIN 45.48N 94.69W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0332 PM HAIL RICHMOND 45.45N 94.52W
07/17/2010 M2.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0334 PM HAIL RICHMOND 45.45N 94.52W
07/17/2010 M2.75 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0337 PM HAIL COLD SPRING 45.46N 94.43W
07/17/2010 M4.25 INCH STEARNS MN TRAINED SPOTTER
GROUND IS COVERED WITH MAINLY SMALLER PIECES OF HAIL.
0352 PM HAIL 1 N KIMBALL 45.33N 94.30W
07/17/2010 M1.75 INCH STEARNS MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
AJZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 52 min |
| Jul 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Meeker, Wright | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.