Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 7:50 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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 17, 2011, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809 WUUS53 KMPX 180050 SVRMPX MNC043-091-180145- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0078.110618T0050Z-110618T0145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 750 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 746 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 11 MILES WEST OF ELMORE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH... WINNEBAGO... DELAVAN... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4385 9448 4384 9395 4351 9409 4350 9450 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 207DEG 13KT 4348 9430 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
1 follow-up statement
006 WWUS53 KMPX 180121 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 821 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 MNC043-091-180145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110618T0145Z/ FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN- 821 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MARTIN AND WESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 819 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BLUE EARTH...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLUE EARTH...WINNEBAGO...DELAVAN...NORTHROP...HUNTLEY AND TRUMAN. LAT...LON 4385 9448 4384 9395 4351 9409 4350 9450 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 201DEG 11KT 4367 9425 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Big Stone | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Stearns | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 11:58 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 14 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 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.