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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 20105 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2010, 5:21 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 25, 2010, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

991 
WUUS53 KMPX 252221
SVRMPX
MNC067-085-093-129-143-252315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0053.100625T2221Z-100625T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 517 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE     
  OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND          
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15      
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKESIDE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF       
  OLIVIA.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  HUTCHINSON...
  COSMOS...
  GROVE CITY...
  MANANNAH...
  CORVUSO...
  LAKESIDE...
  CEDAR MILLS...
  STEWART...
  WATKINS...
  DARWIN...
  WINTHROP...

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 MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4532 9439 4527 9438 4527 9428 4498 9426
      4497 9403 4446 9401 4446 9448 4474 9449
      4476 9478 4501 9483 4518 9488 4520 9476
      4532 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 271DEG 30KT 4471 9480
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

What 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 Jun 25, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
337 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

.DISCUSSION...

CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND THE SEVERE THREAT BOTH THIS EVENING AND
AGAIN SATURDAY EVENING. STORMS ARE STARTING TO FIRE NORTH OF THE
STRONG CAPE/MULI GRADIENT OVER EASTERN SD AND WEST CENTRAL
MN...AND NEAR THE EDGE OF +12 700 MB TEMP. STRONG WARM ADVECTION
AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THIS BOUNDARY AND GRADIENT WILL
EVENTUALLY DEVELOP AN MCS TRACKING ESE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN MN,
EARLY ON...SUPER CELLS LIKELY IN THE AREA OF STRONG PRESS FALLS
CO-LOCATED WITH THE VERY UNSTABLE REGIME IN SW MN AND EASTERN SD.

THOUGHT ABOUT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE SOUTH BUT THE
COMPLEX SHOULD MOVE ALONG QUICKLY BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF 2+ INCH LOCALIZED RAIN. MAY NEED SOME FLOOD
STATEMENTS THOUGH. THERE ARE STILL SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE
GUIDANCE TRENDS FOR LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WONDER IF
THE GFS IS A LITTLE ROBUST WITH THE SUB 1000 MB LOW
MOVING/DEVELOPING INTO THE AREA. PREFER MORE OF A NAM /SREF
SOLUTION WITH A BOUNDARY AND WEAKER LOW OVER SOUTHERN MN. WILL
DEPEND AGAIN ON HOW FAR SOUTH ANY OUTFLOWS END UP TONIGHT. THE
UPPER JET MAY ALLOW MORE OF PROLONGED RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OVER
THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH COULD BE A RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN.
HAVE ALSO OUTLINED AN AREA OF SEVERE OVER SOUTHERN MN LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK TO EXIT THE AREA ON
SUNDAY. THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE STILL LOOKS TO GIVE US DRY
WEATHER FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. THE NAEFS METEOGRAMS AND GEFS POP
FIELDS SHOW A DECENT DRY PERIOD AS WELL.

&&

.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
WARM FRONT SEEMS TO BE DRAPED FROM EC SD ACROSS SRN MN... THROUGH
THERE IS SOME INDICATION OF BOUNDARY ALSO ACROSS CENTRAL MN PER
SPC MESOANALYSIS. SHOWERS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH/EAST OF COOLER
MID LEVEL TEMPS. FOR AVIATION PURPOSES...LOOKS LIKE SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE FROM AXN/STC INTO WISC INTO MID AFTERNOON WITH A FEW
ISOLATED STORMS...THEN MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER THROUGH MID
EVENING...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND
LIGHT WINDS COULD BRING SOME MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS SATURDAY
MORNING... ESPECIALLY TO CENTRAL MN INTO WISC SITES.

KMSP...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDER THE NEXT FEW HOURS BUT
PROBABILITY IS MUCH LOWER THAN LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
VCSH SHOULD SUFFICE FOR NOW IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE. AS FOR STRONG
WIND POTENTIAL IN STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REMOVED
MENTION OF G45 MAINLY BECAUSE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG WIND SEEMS TO
BE LINING UP A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT WITH LIGHT WINDS IN WAKE OF PRECIP.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

JPR/TDK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
261100-
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-
208 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR TORNADOES WILL BE IN
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO ANTICIPATED. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL THE FOCUS FOR THE MOST SEVERE WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER IN THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH
THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:57 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
457 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0452 PM     HAIL             6 W BIG LAKE            45.34N 93.87W
06/25/2010  M0.25 INCH       WRIGHT             MN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CEC

Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:59 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
459 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     HAIL             2 S CLARA CITY          44.93N 95.37W
06/25/2010  M2.00 INCH       CHIPPEWA           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARLYON

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0458 PM     HAIL             2 W PRINSBURG           44.94N 95.23W
06/25/2010  M1.50 INCH       KANDIYOHI          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARLYON

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:09 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
509 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0504 PM     HAIL             5 W ELK RIVER           45.33N 93.67W
06/25/2010  M0.50 INCH       SHERBURNE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CEC

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:14 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
514 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             ELK RIVER               45.33N 93.57W
06/25/2010  M1.00 INCH       SHERBURNE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CEC

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:16 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
516 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             ELK RIVER               45.33N 93.57W
06/25/2010  M1.00 INCH       SHERBURNE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF 1 INCH HAIL IN ELK RIVER

&&

CEC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Todd	68 min
Jun 25, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	60 min
Jun 25, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	51 min
Jun 25, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	65 min
Jun 25, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	39 min
Jun 25, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood, Renville	60 min
Jun 25, 11:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	56 min
Jun 25, 11:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Sibley	53 min
Jun 25, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	55 min
Jun 25, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Redwood and 4 more	63 min
Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift	59 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine	55 min
Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	54 min
Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	55 min
Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	57 min
Jun 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	49 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Renville	49 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Sherburne, Stearns and 1 more	60 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine	27 min
Jun 25, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	33 min
Jun 25, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Wright	67 min
Jun 25, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Stearns, Swift	59 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley	42 min
Jun 25, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine	53 min
Jun 25, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	54 min
Jun 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	42 min
Jun 25, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan	55 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	52 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	63 min
Jun 25, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	47 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	60 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	56 min
Jun 25, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin	24 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	53 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	51 min

Nearby

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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.