Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 2:17 AM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 6, 2011, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S West Concord, MN | HAIL LASTED FOR APPROX 10 MINUTES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887
WUUS53 KARX 060717
SVRARX
MNC039-109-060800-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0033.110606T0717Z-110606T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
217 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR EDEN...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF DODGE
CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANTORVILLE AND HIGHWAY 57 AND 570TH STREET AROUND 230 AM...
BERNE AROUND 235 AM...
DANESVILLE AROUND 245 AM...
GENOA AROUND 255 AM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4421 9294 4420 9264 4410 9259 4404 9289
4420 9297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 255DEG 14KT 4413 9285
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
HALBACH3 follow-up statements
460
WWUS53 KARX 060729
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
229 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
MNC039-109-060800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110606T0800Z/
DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
229 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
OLMSTED AND NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 57 AND 570TH STREET...OR
NEAR MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE PING
PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DANESVILLE AROUND 240 AM...
GENOA AROUND 250 AM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM MONDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4421 9294 4420 9264 4410 9259 4404 9289
4420 9297
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 253DEG 17KT 4415 9276
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN
$$
HALBACH694 WWUS53 KARX 060739 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 239 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 MNC039-109-060800- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110606T0800Z/ DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN- 239 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED AND NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BERNE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GENOA AROUND 250 AM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4421 9280 4420 9264 4410 9259 4407 9275 TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 253DEG 17KT 4416 9269 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ HALBACH
452 WWUS53 KARX 060753 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 253 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 MNC039-109-060804- /O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110606T0800Z/ DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN- 253 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED AND NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4421 9280 4420 9264 4410 9259 4407 9275 TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 253DEG 17KT 4418 9260 $$ HALBACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 28 hr |
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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.