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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 1, 2011Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 1, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4059 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
20.8

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The text

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

417 
WUUS53 KMPX 020045
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-020130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0108.110702T0045Z-110702T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
745 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 740 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 JUST SOUTHEAST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ELMORE...
  BRICELYN...
  EAST CHAIN...
  FROST...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9445 4361 9380 4350 9377 4349 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 274DEG 31KT 4359 9425
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago35 min
Jul 1, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley37 min
Jul 1, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington66 min
Jul 1, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMeeker3 hr
Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Waseca37 min
Jul 1, 7:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBenton, Morrison3 hr
Jul 1, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey and 4 more56 min
Jul 1, 7:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more105 min
Jul 1, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 3 more57 min
Jul 1, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington63 min
Jul 1, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington59 min
Jul 1, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca61 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.