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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2011Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 8:35 AM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Morrison 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 19, 2011, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5144 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
5144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

596 
WUUS53 KMPX 191335
SVRMPX
MNC095-097-191430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0158.110719T1335Z-110719T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 833 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 LASTRUP...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GENOLA...
  HARDING...
  PIERZ...
  LASTRUP...
  HILLMAN...
  ONAMIA...
  BAYVIEW...
  WAHKON...
  ISLE...

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4616 9343 4598 9343 4597 9352 4593 9351
      4577 9352 4595 9432 4616 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1335Z 285DEG 29KT 4606 9411
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
545 
WWUS53 KMPX 191409
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
909 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

MNC095-097-191430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-110719T1430Z/
MILLE LACS MN-MORRISON MN-
909 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN 
MORRISON AND NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...

A SEPARATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST 
MORRISON AND SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES THRUOGH 1015 AM CDT.

AT 904 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALMO TO HILLMAN TO
BUCKMAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ONAMIA...BAYVIEW...WAHKON...ISLE AND BOCK.

LAT...LON 4616 9343 4598 9343 4597 9352 4593 9351
      4577 9352 4595 9432 4616 9421
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 299DEG 27KT 4623 9356 4595 9387
          4588 9399
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd40 min
Jul 19, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd57 min
Jul 19, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison77 min
Jul 19, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd29 min
Jul 19, 8:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXMorrison3 hr
Jul 19, 8:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs79 min
Jul 19, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison82 min
Jul 19, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMille Lacs, Morrison5 hr
Jul 19, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison42 min
Jul 19, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne60 min
Jul 19, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Sherburne36 min
Jul 19, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey80 min
Jul 19, 11:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington3 hr
Jul 19, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.