Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2011, 1:20 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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 5, 2011, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2011, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 3256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064
WUUS53 KMPX 050620
SVRMPX
MNC073-050715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0116.110705T0620Z-110705T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
120 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 119 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ODESSA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ORTONVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MADISON...
NASSAU...
BELLINGHAM...
LOUISBURG...
MARIETTA...
BOYD...
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.
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9646 4527 9642 4526 9629 4523 9627
4523 9623 4514 9603 4497 9582 4496 9583
4493 9576 4489 9584 4482 9585 4482 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 328DEG 25KT 4523 9638
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
742
WWUS53 KMPX 050641
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
141 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
MNC073-050715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-110705T0715Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
141 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM CDT...
AT 137 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLINGHAM...
OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...MARIETTA...BOYD...CERRO GORDO AND DAWSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4493 9583 4484 9591 4484 9643 4501 9645
4515 9645 4523 9626 4523 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 328DEG 25KT 4510 9628
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$106
WWUS53 KMPX 050709
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
209 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
MNC073-050724-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-110705T0715Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
209 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4493 9583 4484 9591 4484 9643 4501 9645
4515 9645 4523 9626 4523 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0709Z 328DEG 25KT 4493 9613
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 117 min |
| Jul 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 96 min |
| Jul 5, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 2 more | 76 min |
| Jul 5, 3:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 7:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.