Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2011, 9:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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 10, 2011, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Meeker County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | St Augusta, MN | |
| Jul 10, 9:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | St Cloud, MN | STC AIRPORT ASOS |
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 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978
WUUS53 KMPX 110206
SVRMPX
MNC093-141-145-171-110300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0131.110711T0206Z-110711T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
906 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 901 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVON TO ATWATER...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...
ST CLOUD...
BUFFALO...
COLD SPRING...
EDEN VALLEY...
ST JOSEPH...
ST NICHOLAS...
PLEASANT LAKE...
WAITE PARK...
WATKINS...
LUXEMBURG...
ST AUGUSTA...
KIMBALL...
DARWIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO WINDOWS. EVACUATE
MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4556 9415 4556 9377 4515 9382 4498 9396
4498 9441 4515 9467 4562 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 270DEG 21KT 4560 9437 4519 9475
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
423
WWUS53 KMPX 110250
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
950 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
MNC093-110304-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110711T0300Z/
MEEKER MN-
950 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4515 9382 4498 9396 4498 9426 4517 9426
4523 9425 4523 9427 4533 9427 4556 9395
4556 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 289DEG 29KT 4544 9373 4503 9411
$$
MNC141-145-171-110300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110711T0300Z/
SHERBURNE MN-STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-
950 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WRIGHT...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT...
AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE TO HOWARD LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...WAVERLY AND MONTROSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO WINDOWS. EVACUATE
MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 9382 4498 9396 4498 9426 4517 9426
4523 9425 4523 9427 4533 9427 4556 9395
4556 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 289DEG 29KT 4544 9373 4503 9411
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Swift and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Morrison, Pope, Sherburne and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Rice and 3 more | 75 min |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 74 min |
| Jul 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Martin | 3 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.