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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 6, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Dakota County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | New Market, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926
WUUS53 KMPX 070245
SVRMPX
MNC037-079-131-139-070330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0237.110807T0245Z-110807T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
945 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 940 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
PRAGUE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LE SUEUR...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NEW PRAGUE...
VESELI...
NEW MARKET...
LONSDALE...
ELKO...
WEBSTER...
DUNDAS...
NORTHFIELD...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4456 9368 4471 9354 4448 9303 4446 9304
4429 9320
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 305DEG 29KT 4458 9349
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
351
WWUS53 KMPX 070311
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1011 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011
MNC079-070326-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110807T0330Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
1011 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4449 9342 4461 9332 4448 9303 4446 9304
4433 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 288DEG 26KT 4453 9324
$$
MNC037-131-139-070330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-110807T0330Z/
DAKOTA MN-RICE MN-SCOTT MN-
1011 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030
PM CDT...
AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ELKO...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNDAS...NORTHFIELD AND BRIDGEWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9342 4461 9332 4448 9303 4446 9304
4433 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 288DEG 26KT 4453 9324
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 7:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 5 days |
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.