Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 2, 2012, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)

Expired

May 2, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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424 
WUUS53 KMPX 030355
SVRMPX
MNC121-151-030445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0036.120503T0355Z-120503T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1055 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF CLONTARF...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BENSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN SWIFT AND SOUTHERN POPE
  COUNTIES.

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 4561 9536 4539 9534 4539 9574 4557 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 261DEG 20KT 4545 9568
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

677 
WWUS53 KMPX 030411
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1111 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

MNC121-151-030445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120503T0445Z/
POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
1111 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL SWIFT AND SOUTH CENTRAL POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1108 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLONTARF...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SWIFT FALLS.

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 4561 9536 4539 9534 4539 9565 4559 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 261DEG 20KT 4546 9555
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

725 
WWUS53 KMPX 030439
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

MNC121-151-030454-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120503T0445Z/
POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
1139 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SWIFT
AND SOUTH CENTRAL POPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4561 9536 4539 9534 4539 9565 4559 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 261DEG 20KT 4548 9533

$$

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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.