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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 17, 2011Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2011, 9:49 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 17, 2011, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2011, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 17, 10:08 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Morris, MNMEASURED AT MORRIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 17, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2011-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4443 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 2011-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

067 
WUUS53 KMPX 180249
SVRMPX
MNC121-149-180345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0153.110718T0249Z-110718T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 945 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 NEAR MORRIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MORRIS...
  GLENWOOD...
  DONNELLY...
  ALBERTA...
  CHOKIO...
  HANCOCK...
  CYRUS...
  STARBUCK...
  LOWRY...
  LONG BEACH...

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 4569 9613 4571 9535 4542 9545 4547 9625
      4551 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 273DEG 27KT 4563 9580
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CLF
1 follow-up statement
058 
WWUS53 KMPX 180331
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1031 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

MNC121-149-180345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-110718T0345Z/
POPE MN-STEVENS MN-
1031 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
STEVENS AND WESTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG BEACH...OR NEAR GLENWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL STEVENS AND WESTERN POPE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4553 9594 4570 9574 4571 9535 4542 9545
      4545 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 273DEG 27KT 4561 9537
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens67 min
Jul 17, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift64 min
Jul 17, 10:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift3 hr
Jul 17, 10:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift3 hr
Jul 17, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns66 min
Jul 17, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift52 min
Jul 17, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley51 min
Jul 18, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley66 min

Nearby

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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.