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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 31, 2013Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2013, 6:06 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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: Aug 31, 2013, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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
Aug 31, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 66	1 W Renville, MN	AT HIGHWAY 212 AND 110TH STREET
Aug 31, 6:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Sacred Heart, MN	LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...4 TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 31, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -389 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

175 
WUUS53 KMPX 312306
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-312345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0158.130831T2306Z-130831T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
606 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM PAYNESVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR TO 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLIVIA...LITCHFIELD...GREENLEAF LAKE STATE REC AREA...BLOMKEST...
  ATWATER...MANANNAH...DANUBE...GROVE CITY...LAKE LILLIAN...
  THORPE...WATKINS...BIRD ISLAND...STROUT...
  COSMOS...CORVUSO...DARWIN...KINGSTON AND CEDAR MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9531 4489 9525 4494 9525 4514 9501
      4541 9484 4542 9477 4533 9476 4532 9440
      4528 9438 4528 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450
      4472 9450 4472 9463 4470 9464 4481 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 282DEG 34KT 4542 9467 4512 9487
          4486 9518

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

3 follow-up statements

581 
WWUS53 KMPX 312327
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
627 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

MNC067-093-129-312345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-130831T2345Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
627 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RENVILLE...MEEKER AND SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF PAYNESVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF
LITCHFIELD TO OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...GREENLEAF LAKE STATE REC AREA...WATKINS...BIRD ISLAND...
STROUT...COSMOS...CORVUSO...DARWIN...KINGSTON...CEDAR
MILLS...HECTOR...DASSEL...LAKESIDE AND BUFFALO LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9541 4489 9531 4489 9525 4494 9525
      4534 9479 4533 9476 4532 9441 4528 9438
      4528 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4472 9450
      4472 9463 4470 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 282DEG 34KT 4537 9439 4508 9460
          4482 9491

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

670 
WWUS53 KMPX 312335
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
635 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

MNC067-093-312345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-130831T2345Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
635 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER AND SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4481 9541 4489 9531 4489 9451 4489 9450
      4472 9450 4472 9463 4470 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 282DEG 34KT 4535 9428 4506 9450
          4480 9481

$$

MNC129-312345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-130831T2345Z/
RENVILLE MN-
635 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
RENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 631 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD TO 7
MILES EAST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HECTOR...LAKESIDE AND BUFFALO LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9541 4489 9531 4489 9451 4489 9450
      4472 9450 4472 9463 4470 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 282DEG 34KT 4535 9428 4506 9450
          4480 9481

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

351 
WWUS53 KMPX 312345
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
645 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

MNC129-312354-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-130831T2345Z/
RENVILLE MN-
645 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4481 9541 4489 9531 4489 9451 4489 9450
      4472 9450 4472 9463 4470 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 282DEG 34KT 4533 9416 4504 9438
          4478 9470

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 31, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
209 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 210 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

AS OF 1 PM TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 80S ACROSS THE CWA...WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. THIS WARM SECTOR WAS LOCATED
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED SOUTH SOUTHWEST FROM A SURFACE
LOW OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY. THE SURFACE LOW WAS DEEPENING IN
RESPONSE TO 12HR 500MB HEIGHT FALLS OF 40-60M/12HRS DOWNSTREAM OF A
POTENT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN.

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 147 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

HIRES MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION
AROUND 19/20Z. AS OF 130PM ALREADY SEE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS ALONG
THE COLD FRONT IN GRAND FORKS CWA...AND THESE ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. SPC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS
1500-2500 J/KG OF MLCAPE...WITH AROUND 40KTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR. THE
RAP FORECAST HAS THIS DEEP LAYER SHEAR INCREASING IN BOTH COVERAGE
AND MAGNITUDE AS THE JET MAX ON THE EQUATORWARD SIDE OF THE SHORTWAVE
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO THREAT IN WESTERN
MN IS DIMINISHING AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW IS NOT BACKING AS PREVIOUSLY
FORECAST BY THE NAM...AND LCLS ARE AROUND 2000M. SPC MESOANALYSIS
SHOWS 0-1 SRH OF ONLY 50M2/S2...WHICH WILL MAX OUT AT 100M2/S2.
THESE LOW VALUES SUPPORT THE DIMINISHED TORNADO THREAT UNLESS THE
STORMS HAVE A DEVIANT MOTION OR ARE ABLE TO MODIFY THEIR OWN
ENVIRONMENT. ALL 4 MEMBERS OF THE 12Z HOPWRF QUICKLY HAVE THE STORMS
GROWING UPSCALE INTO A LINE AND TRACK IT DOWN THE I94 CORRIDOR...WITH
TIME OF ARRIVAL AT THE WEST SIDE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA CENTERED
AROUND 01Z. FORECAST MODELS DECREASE THE MLCAPE AHEAD OF THIS LINE
AS IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO EASTERN MN AND WESTERN WI...SO SHOULD SEE
THE LINE WEAKEN AS IT PROGRESSES EAST SOUTHEASTWARD. THE MAIN THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL (2 IN OR GREATER) WILL BE IN WESTERN MN...WITH A
TRANSITION TO A WIND/HAIL THREAT FOR CENTRAL MN.

ON SUNDAY THE POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO COLD
AIR ADVECTION AND DIABATIC HEATING. SHOULD SEE NNW WINDS NEAR 25MPH
BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING CLOUDS IN FAR EASTERN MN AND
WESTERN WI. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE CONSIDERABLY COOLER...ONLY
MANAGING THE 70S.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 147 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

VERY QUIET WEATHER STILL LOOKS TO DOMINATE THE PERIOD... WITH DRY
NORTHWEST MID-UPPER FLOW REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. AT
THIS POINT... THE ONLY TIME FRAME THAT APPEARS TO HAVE ANY
POTENTIAL FOR PCPN IS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY WHEN A
SHORTWAVE DROPS INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND DRAGS A REINFORCING COLD
FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME
DEVELOPING MUCH IF ANY PCPN WITH THE BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR AREA
GIVEN THE LACK OF DECENT MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF IT... ALONG WITH
THE FACT THAT THE BEST QG FORCING IS OFF TO OUR NORTHEAST.
ALTHOUGH IT/S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WE COULD WIND UP WITH SOME
SCATTERED PCPN AROUND THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME... CHOSE TO
KEEP THINGS DRY AT THIS POINT RATHER THAN INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE
POP. AFTER THAT POINT... THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT IN HOW QUICKLY
UPPER RIDGING WILL TRY TO WORK BACK INTO THE REGION AND WHETHER
WE/LL SEE A PERIOD OF SOME WARM ADVECTION RETURN FLOW PCPN ON
FRIDAY. WITH MUCH DEPENDING ON THE POTENTIAL FOR A WEAK SHORTWAVE
TO RIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE LINGERING BAROCLINIC ZONE... THERE IS
QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY BOTH WITH RESPECT TO TIMING AND WHETHER
THERE WILL EVEN BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/FORCING FOR PCPN. SO...
ONCE AGAIN DECIDED TO KEEP THE MENTION OF PCPN OUT OF THE FORECAST
RATHER THAN INCLUDING A LOW-END POP. THE NEXT FEATURE OF ANY
SIGNIFICANCE... WHEN THERE IS MORE OF A BONAFIDE PCPN CHANCE...
LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE END OF THE CURRENT
FORECAST PERIOD... WHEN A DECENT UPPER WAVE AND SURFACE LOW LOOK
TO MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1244 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING AND BE THE
FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE THE
STRONGEST ACROSS WESTERN MN...BUT SHOULD WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE
EASTWARD. TRIED TO NARROW DOWN THE TIMING OF THE THUNDER BASED ON
HIRES MODELS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...AND GUST NEAR 20KTS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

KMSP...
THE HIRES MODELS INDICATE THAT THE WINDOW FOR THUNDER IS FROM
00-04Z...BUT CHOSE TO NARROW THIS DOWN TO THE 1HR WINDOW OF
HIGHEST CONFIDENCE RATHER THAN USE 4HOURS OF THUNDER. HOWEVER BE
AWARE THAT THUNDER IS POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF THE 1HR TEMPO. ONCE THE
SHRA/TSRA EXITS THE REGION EXPECT NNW WINDS GUSTING NEAR 20KTS ON
SUNDAY.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON...VFR. WINDS NNW AT 5-10KTS.
TUE...VFR. WINDS NNW AT 5-10KTS.
WEN...VFR. WINDS NW AT 5-10KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...JRB
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...JRB

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 11:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1140 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-015-023-024-
011645-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-
1140 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING... MAINLY WEST OF I-35. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.
HOWEVER... CONDITIONS COULD SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES... MAINLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO CAMBRIDGE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE NORTH
DAKOTA/MINNESOTA BORDER BETWEEN 2 PM AND 4 PM... THEN MOVE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH THROUGH EVENING. ANY IMPACTS IN THE TWIN
CITIES METRO AREA WILL PRIMARILY OCCUR BETWEEN 730 PM AND 1030
PM... WITH STRONG WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN AT THAT POINT IN
TIME. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMININISH IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE
EAST OF I-35 AND INTO WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

WIZ016-025>028-011645-
RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1140 AM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS... MAINLY BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED... BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO NICKEL
SIZE IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED DURING THE LATE EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:07 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
507 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0507 PM     TSTM WND GST     MILLERVILLE             46.07N 95.55W
08/31/2013  E0 MPH           DOUGLAS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES BEING TWISTED BY WIND

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:35 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
535 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E VILLARD             45.71N 95.19W
08/31/2013  M62 MPH          POPE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3-4 INCH BRANCHES DOWN

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:39 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
539 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0522 PM     TSTM WND GST     GLENWOOD                45.65N 95.38W
08/31/2013  M67 MPH          POPE               MN   AWOS

            AT THE AIRPORT

&&

TDK

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:42 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
542 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0537 PM     TSTM WND GST     SAUK CENTRE             45.74N 94.96W
08/31/2013  M64 MPH          STEARNS            MN   AWOS

&&

TRH

Local storm report, Aug 31, 5:46 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
546 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0537 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SE SAUK CENTRE        45.73N 94.94W
08/31/2013  M63 MPH          STEARNS            MN   MESONET

            MEASURED BY MNDOT SITE ALONG I-94.

&&

TDK

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:03 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
603 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     HAIL             MILAN                   45.11N 95.91W
08/31/2013  M1.00 INCH       CHIPPEWA           MN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

TDK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	38 min
Aug 31, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	43 min
Aug 31, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	41 min
Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	47 min
Aug 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	43 min
Aug 31, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	35 min
Aug 31, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Renville, Swift	48 min
Aug 31, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns, Todd	55 min
Aug 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	45 min
Aug 31, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	19 min
Aug 31, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	28 min
Aug 31, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	37 min
Aug 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	47 min
Aug 31, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	38 min
Aug 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville	52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.