Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 5:46 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 17, 2011, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 6:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 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, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Nne Cosmos, 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265
WUUS53 KMPX 172246
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-172345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0076.110617T2246Z-110617T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
546 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 542 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 THORPE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LAKE LILLIAN...
THORPE...
COSMOS...
CORVUSO...
CEDAR MILLS...
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 4487 9494 4512 9473 4498 9443 4497 9450
4493 9450 4481 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 220DEG 10KT 4490 9475
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
713
WWUS53 KMPX 172311
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
MNC067-093-129-172326-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110617T2345Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE...
SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH A CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4487 9494 4512 9473 4498 9443 4497 9450
4493 9450 4481 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 220DEG 10KT 4495 9469
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Meeker | 101 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.