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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 21, 2011Watonwan County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2011, 9:25 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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
May 21, 2011, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2011-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1091 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 2011-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 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
1091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.8

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The text

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

851 
WUUS53 KMPX 220225
SVRMPX
MNC165-220315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0042.110522T0225Z-110522T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
925 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 921 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 NEAR ODIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ST JAMES...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ODIN...
  DARFUR...
  ECHOLS...
  BUTTERFIELD...

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4410 9485 4410 9465 4384 9464 4385 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 164DEG 22KT 4385 9480
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin45 min
May 21, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright51 min
May 21, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka35 min
May 21, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope44 min
May 21, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright3 hr
May 21, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin39 min
May 21, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin61 min
May 21, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd61 min
May 21, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd64 min
May 21, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood48 min
May 21, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine48 min
May 21, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood34 min
May 21, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan62 min
May 21, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift47 min
May 22, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca44 min
May 22, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice48 min
May 22, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey43 min
May 22, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca52 min
May 22, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott52 min
May 22, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele67 min
May 22, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin40 min
May 22, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 min
May 22, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey35 min
May 22, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey36 min
May 22, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington30 min
May 22, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago, Washington35 min
May 22, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.