Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 15, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, McLeod County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706 WUUS53 KMPX 152027 SVRMPX MNC019-053-085-152115- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0075.110615T2027Z-110615T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 327 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 325 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW GERMANY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEW GERMANY... LESTER PRAIRIE... PLATO... NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA... MAYER... WACONIA... COLOGNE... ST BONIFACIUS... MINNETRISTA... MOUND... VICTORIA... SHOREWOOD... 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. && LAT...LON 4494 9357 4471 9366 4474 9408 4494 9409 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 276DEG 28KT 4485 9397 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$
2 follow-up statements
397 WWUS53 KMPX 152050 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 350 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 MNC085-152105- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110615T2115Z/ MCLEOD MN- 350 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4473 9396 4494 9399 4494 9357 4471 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 276DEG 28KT 4483 9372 $$ MNC019-053-152115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110615T2115Z/ HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN- 350 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CARVER AND SOUTHWESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WACONIA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUND...VICTORIA AND SHOREWOOD. 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 4473 9396 4494 9399 4494 9357 4471 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 276DEG 28KT 4483 9372 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$
256 WWUS53 KMPX 152111 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 411 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 MNC019-053-152126- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110615T2115Z/ HENNEPIN MN-CARVER MN- 411 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARVER AND SOUTHWESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4473 9396 4494 9399 4494 9357 4471 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 276DEG 28KT 4481 9349 $$ CLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 13 days |
| Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Brown | 24 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 52 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.