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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2011Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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
May 30, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2011-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

191 
WUUS53 KMPX 310430
SVRMPX
MNC097-310500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.110531T0430Z-110531T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1130 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1125 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PILLAGER TO LITTLE
  ROCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LASTRUP...
  HARDING...
  HILLMAN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

&&

LAT...LON 4627 9435 4623 9439 4617 9436 4616 9383
      4599 9381 4597 9379 4584 9377 4584 9413
      4630 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 270DEG 42KT 4629 9434 4585 9401
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens40 min
May 30, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens20 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens16 min
May 30, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine51 min
May 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas48 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood79 min
May 30, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd49 min
May 30, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison38 min
May 30, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec31 min
May 31, 3:40 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more18 hr
May 31, 10:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott70 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.