Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2010
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 13, 2010, 5:27 AM CDT for 37 counties in Minnesota; 33 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2010, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 70 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Adams County, WI, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 10%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Winona | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Vernon | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 11:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 12 more | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 10:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi and 18 more | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Carver, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore and 17 more | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 27 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 2 more | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 4:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Houston | 115 min |
| Aug 13, 9:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 25 more | 119 min |
| Aug 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 23 more | 84 min |
| Aug 13, 12:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge and 30 more | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Green, Rock, Walworth | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dane, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Green, Rock, Walworth | 63 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.