Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2013, 6:22 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 6:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Redwood Falls, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
735
WUUS53 KMPX 312322
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-010000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0159.130831T2322Z-130901T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 618 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVIA TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
UPPER SIOUX AGENCY STATE PARK TO GHENT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...ECHO...DANUBE...BELVIEW...
DELHI...VESTA...BECHYN...MILROY...BIRD ISLAND...NORTH REDWOOD...
SEAFORTH...LUCAN...MORTON...WABASSO AND HECTOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4478 9553 4477 9549 4480 9549 4485 9539
4474 9468 4451 9491 4432 9546 4437 9560
4462 9561 4463 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 297DEG 27KT 4486 9516 4467 9535
4451 9578
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
698
WWUS53 KMPX 312331
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
MNC127-129-173-010000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-130901T0000Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
631 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
YELLOW MEDICINE...RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM
CDT...
AT 627 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVIA TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
UPPER SIOUX AGENCY STATE PARK TO MARSHALL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...DANUBE...BELVIEW...DELHI...
VESTA...BECHYN...MILROY...BIRD ISLAND...NORTH REDWOOD...SEAFORTH...
LUCAN...MORTON...WABASSO AND HECTOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4478 9553 4477 9549 4480 9549 4485 9539
4474 9468 4451 9491 4432 9546 4437 9560
4462 9561 4463 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 297DEG 27KT 4483 9507 4464 9527
4448 9570
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$386
WWUS53 KMPX 312343
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
643 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
MNC127-129-173-010000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-130901T0000Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
643 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
YELLOW MEDICINE...CENTRAL RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 641 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM OLIVIA TO REDWOOD FALLS TO 9 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDWOOD FALLS...BIRD ISLAND...SEAFORTH...NORTH REDWOOD...LUCAN...
HECTOR...WABASSO AND MORTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4470 9534 4483 9524 4474 9468 4451 9491
4432 9546 4437 9560 4462 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 325DEG 29KT 4474 9498 4456 9518
4440 9561
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$236
WWUS53 KMPX 312357
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
MNC127-129-173-010006-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0159.000000T0000Z-130901T0000Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
657 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW
MEDICINE...CENTRAL RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES HAS
BEEN REISSUED...
PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4470 9534 4483 9524 4474 9468 4451 9491
4432 9546 4437 9560 4462 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 325DEG 29KT 4465 9490 4447 9510
4431 9553
$$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, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 39 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.