Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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 1, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 58.0 mph
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Nnw Brewster, MN | |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Sse Fulda, MN | |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 Sse Fulda, MN |
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 1, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 3970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WUUS53 KFSD 012244 SVRFSD MNC033-063-101-105-012330- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0154.110701T2244Z-110701T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 544 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF FULDA...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF WORTHINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FULDA AROUND 550 PM CDT... DOVRAY AROUND 605 PM CDT... WESTBROOK AROUND 610 PM CDT... STORDEN AROUND 615 PM CDT... OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KINBRAE AND DUNDEE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4420 9546 4397 9507 4370 9549 4386 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 222DEG 32KT 4380 9557 WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.00IN $$ WEISSER
3 follow-up statements
862 WWUS53 KFSD 012252 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 552 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 MNC033-063-101-105-012330- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-110701T2330Z/ COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- 552 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLES...EASTERN MURRAY...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FULDA...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF WORTHINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DOVRAY AROUND 605 PM CDT... WESTBROOK AROUND 610 PM CDT... STORDEN AROUND 620 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4420 9546 4397 9507 4370 9549 4386 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 222DEG 32KT 4385 9551 WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.00IN $$ WEISSER
422 WWUS53 KFSD 012320 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 MNC033-063-101-105-012330- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-110701T2330Z/ COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLES...EASTERN MURRAY...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WINDOM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MURRAY...NORTHEASTERN NOBLES...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4420 9546 4397 9507 4370 9549 4386 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 249DEG 35KT 4396 9512 WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.00IN $$ BT
413 WWUS53 KFSD 012320 RRA SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 MNC033-063-101-105-012331- /O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-110701T2330Z/ COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- 620 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLES...EASTERN MURRAY...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4420 9546 4397 9507 4370 9549 4386 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 249DEG 35KT 4396 9511 $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 100 min |
| Jul 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 16 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.