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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2011, 8:01 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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, 8:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG11 N Milaca, MNTREES UP TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. JUST WEST OF HWY 169.
Jul 30, 8:14 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Milaca, MN
Jul 30, 8:19 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Milaca, MN
Jul 30, 8:26 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBock, MNNUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SOME TREES EXCEED ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER.
Jul 30, 8:26 PM CDTTORNADO6 Nw Dalbo, MNNWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS EF-0 TORNADO. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN MILLE LACS COUNTY...ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DALBO...JUST NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 10. IT THEN PROGRESSED SOUTHEAST INTO ISANTI COUNTY...CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 16 BEFORE TURNING SOUTH

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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2387 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

939 
WUUS53 KMPX 310101
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-310130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0196.110731T0101Z-110731T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 758 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 9 MILES NORTH OF MILACA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MILACA...
  BOCK...

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 4597 9352 4583 9352 4573 9336 4574 9376
      4600 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 285DEG 27KT 4589 9365
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd50 min
Jul 30, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas30 min
Jul 30, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXTodd3 hr
Jul 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd63 min
Jul 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec45 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns60 min
Jul 30, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs72 min
Jul 30, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs38 min
Jul 30, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti55 min
Jul 30, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti35 min
Jul 30, 8:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne6 hr
Jul 30, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns38 min
Jul 30, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka55 min
Jul 30, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Meeker42 min
Jul 30, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington55 min
Jul 30, 9:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington6 hr
Jul 30, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka39 min
Jul 30, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur40 min
Jul 30, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott, Sibley31 min
Jul 30, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue43 min
Jul 30, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue35 min
Jul 31, 4:00 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 29 more28 hr

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.