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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 9, 2011Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2011, 8:59 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 9, 2011, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 355 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
550 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

097 
WUUS53 KMPX 100159
SVRMPX
MNC127-100245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.110410T0159Z-110410T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 857 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF REVERE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS...
  LUCAN...
  WABASSO...
  SEAFORTH...
  NORTH REDWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4427 9560 4466 9523 4457 9509 4452 9489
      4450 9487 4449 9487 4442 9499 4419 9540
      4419 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 218DEG 31KT 4429 9542
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn31 min
Apr 10, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn34 min
Apr 10, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth37 min
Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 2 more72 hr
Apr 10, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright72 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.