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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 30, 2011Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 30, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 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), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 30, 7:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.881 N Hillman, MN
Jul 30, 7:08 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 N Hillman, MN
Jul 30, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.883 Nnw Vineland, MN

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 30, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2011-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2252 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 2011-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

643 
WUUS53 KMPX 302358
SVRMPX
MNC095-097-310100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0192.110730T2358Z-110731T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 654 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 6 MILES EAST OF HARDING...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HARDING...
  HILLMAN...
  VINELAND...
  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.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4598 9345 4597 9352 4590 9352 4605 9410
      4616 9411 4616 9383 4624 9382 4624 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 288DEG 14KT 4613 9389
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
355 
WWUS53 KMPX 310030
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

MNC095-097-310100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110731T0100Z/
MILLE LACS MN-MORRISON MN-
730 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MORRISON AND NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 726 PM 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 ONAMIA...OR
23 MILES NORTH OF MILACA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4598 9345 4597 9352 4590 9352 4605 9410
      4616 9411 4616 9383 4624 9382 4624 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 288DEG 14KT 4609 9369
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Todd64 min
Jul 30, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs52 min
Jul 30, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec58 min
Jul 30, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens42 min
Jul 30, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle53 min
Jul 30, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd54 min
Jul 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.