Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2010, 5:40 PM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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 27, 2010, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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 27, 5:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Richmond, MN | 8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 27, 5:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 Ese Belgrade, MN | MEASURED AT MNDOT AUTOMATED WEATHER SITE ON HWY 55 /MILE POST 98/ BY GEORGEVILLE. |
| Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | Sw St Cloud, MN | TREE BRANCHES UP TO 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. |
| Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 3 Nw St Cloud, MN | MEASURED BY AUTOMATED SENSOR KMNSTCL06 NEAR VETERANS GOLF COURSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 21.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381
WUUS53 KMPX 272240
SVRMPX
MNC009-145-272315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0166.100727T2240Z-100727T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
540 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 537 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLDINGFORD TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF NEW MUNICH TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BELGRADE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. SAUK CENTER REPORTED A 67 MPH WIND
GUST AT 527 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ST CLOUD...
GEORGEVILLE...
HOLDINGFORD...
ALBANY...
LAKE HENRY...
FARMING...
AVON...
RICE...
ST STEPHEN...
COLLEGEVILLE...
ROSCOE...
ST JOSEPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4577 9387 4559 9408 4541 9445 4540 9475
4542 9477 4542 9513 4578 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 268DEG 32KT 4576 9451 4558 9474
4541 9505
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN
$$1 follow-up statement
938
WWUS53 KMPX 272254
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
554 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
MNC009-145-272315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-100727T2315Z/
STEARNS MN-BENTON MN-
554 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BENTON
AND STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
RICE TO AVON TO LAKE HENRY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL
MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. A BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE
ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SEVERE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST CLOUD...COLLEGEVILLE...ROSCOE...ST JOSEPH...RICHMOND...
SARTELL...COLD SPRING...MAYHEW...SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK...
GILMAN...PLEASANT LAKE AND ROCKVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. 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.
INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASSIONALY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4577 9387 4559 9408 4541 9445 4540 9475
4542 9477 4542 9513 4578 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 270DEG 40KT 4575 9421 4557 9445
4541 9476
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 24 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Stearns | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington and 1 more | 54 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.