Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2013, 10:09 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 26, 2013, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904
WUUS53 KMPX 270309
SVRMPX
MNC095-270400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0142.130827T0309Z-130827T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1009 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1004 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GARRISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE MILLE LACS...MILLE LACS KATHIO STATE PARK...FATHER HENNEPIN
STATE PARK...VINELAND...BAYVIEW...WAHKON AND ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN
ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4625 9343 4604 9343 4612 9381 4616 9382
4624 9382 4625 9381 4626 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 286DEG 26KT 4624 9395
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
450
WWUS53 KMPX 270321
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1021 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
MNC095-270400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-130827T0400Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
1021 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MILLE
LACS COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 1020 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
GARRISON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE MILLE LACS...MILLE LACS KATHIO STATE PARK...FATHER HENNEPIN
STATE PARK...VINELAND...BAYVIEW...WAHKON AND ISLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN
ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4625 9343 4604 9343 4612 9381 4616 9382
4624 9382 4625 9381 4626 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 286DEG 26KT 4621 9380
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF599
WWUS53 KMPX 270335
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
MNC095-270345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-130827T0400Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
1035 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4625 9343 4604 9343 4612 9381 4616 9382
4624 9382 4625 9381 4626 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 286DEG 26KT 4618 9366
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 45 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.