Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 6:03 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2011, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883 WUUS53 KMPX 301103 SVRMPX MNC067-093-301145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0062.110530T1103Z-110530T1145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 603 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 645 AM CDT * AT 601 AM 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 BLOMKEST...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... SVEA... LAKE LILLIAN... THORPE... KANDIYOHI... COSMOS... SPICER... CORVUSO... ATWATER... GROVE CITY... 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. && LAT...LON 4528 9494 4528 9427 4490 9463 4490 9524 TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 233DEG 38KT 4493 9502 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
1 follow-up statement
679 WWUS53 KMPX 301117 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 617 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 MNC067-093-301145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110530T1145Z/ KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN- 617 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MEEKER AND EASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT... AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE LILLIAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITCHFIELD...COSMOS...ATWATER...CORVUSO...GROVE CITY AND STROUT. LAT...LON 4528 9481 4528 9427 4490 9463 4490 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 242DEG 32KT 4502 9487 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 52 min |
| May 30, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 51 min |
| May 30, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 52 min |
| May 30, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| May 30, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 41 min |
| May 30, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 50 min |
| May 30, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 40 min |
| May 30, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 44 min |
| May 30, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 38 min |
| May 30, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 30, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 11 hr |
| May 30, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 14 days |
| May 30, 10:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 4 days |
| May 30, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 27 min |
| May 30, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 34 min |
| May 30, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 35 min |
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.