Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2011, 10:09 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.
432
WUUS53 KMPX 180309
SVRMPX
MNC079-139-143-180415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0083.110618T0309Z-110618T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1005 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 RUSH RIVER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF
LE SUEUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LE SUEUR...
RUSH RIVER...
HENDERSON...
BELLE PLAINE...
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 4446 9416 4468 9388 4467 9381 4455 9361
4445 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 229DEG 14KT 4449 9399
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 180326
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1026 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
MNC079-139-143-180415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/
SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-LE SUEUR MN-
1026 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
LE SUEUR...SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...
AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDERSON...
OR 7 MILES NORTH OF LE SUEUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLE PLAINE...HENDERSON...BLAKELY.
LAT...LON 4455 9404 4468 9388 4468 9387 4467 9381
4455 9361 4445 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 231DEG 20KT 4457 9385
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$528
WWUS53 KMPX 180348
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
MNC079-180403-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4457 9387 4468 9388 4468 9386 4467 9381
4455 9361 4455 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 231DEG 20KT 4465 9372
$$
MNC139-143-180415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110618T0415Z/
SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN SIBLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT...
AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LE SUEUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BELLE PLAINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4457 9387 4468 9388 4468 9386 4467 9381
4455 9361 4455 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 231DEG 20KT 4465 9372
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$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, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 55 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, 10:22 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.