Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2010, 4:08 PM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 17, 2010, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2010, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
727 WUUS53 KMPX 172108 SVRMPX MNC091-165-172145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0021.100617T2108Z-100617T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 408 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 406 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 4 MILES WEST OF NORTHROP...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ORMSBY... ODIN... SOUTH BRANCH... NORTHROP... TRUMAN... ECHOLS... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4366 9477 4395 9474 4383 9427 4355 9440 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 205DEG 38KT 4374 9449 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 90 min |
| Jun 17, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Swift | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Watonwan | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 34 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.