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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 31, 20134 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2013, 6:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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, 7:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 S Wabasso, MN

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

990 
WUUS53 KMPX 312353
SVRMPX
MNC015-103-127-129-010045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0160.130831T2353Z-130901T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 650 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF OLIVIA TO REDWOOD FALLS TO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TRACY...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...
  FORT RIDGELY STATE PARK...MORTON...FRANKLIN...WALNUT GROVE...
  CLEMENTS...WANDA...MORGAN...REVERE...LAMBERTON...FAIRFAX...EVAN...
  SANBORN...SPRINGFIELD AND COBDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4456 9530 4477 9506 4455 9462 4450 9461
      4446 9463 4445 9461 4438 9460 4418 9490
      4411 9510 4419 9511 4419 9559 4450 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 317DEG 27KT 4464 9492 4446 9512
          4432 9552

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

3 follow-up statements

488 
WWUS53 KMPX 010007
SVSMPX

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

MNC015-103-127-129-010045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-130901T0045Z/
BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
707 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
RENVILLE...REDWOOD...NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET AND NORTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 704 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT RIDGELY STATE PARK TO 10
MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS TO 9 MILES EAST OF TRACY...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
         DAMAGING WIND...WITH A 60 MPH GUST AT REDWOOD FALLS AT
         645 PM CDT.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT RIDGELY STATE PARK...SLEEPY EYE...WANDA...MORGAN...REVERE...
LAMBERTON...FAIRFAX...EVAN...SANBORN...SPRINGFIELD AND COBDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4441 9560 4453 9524 4473 9498 4457 9465
      4454 9462 4446 9463 4445 9461 4438 9460
      4418 9490 4411 9510 4419 9511 4419 9559
      4440 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 317DEG 27KT 4457 9483 4439 9503
          4425 9543

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

738 
WWUS53 KMPX 010030
SVSMPX

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

MNC015-103-127-129-010045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-130901T0045Z/
BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
730 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
RENVILLE...SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD...NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET AND
NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 727 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FORT RIDGELY STATE PARK TO 8 MILES WEST OF SLEEPY EYE
TO 7 MILES NORTH OF STORDEN...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...
SLEEPY EYE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4445 9512 4461 9477 4457 9465 4454 9462
      4446 9463 4445 9461 4438 9460 4418 9490
      4411 9510 4419 9511 4419 9559 4420 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 317DEG 27KT 4444 9467 4426 9487
          4412 9527

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

084 
WWUS53 KMPX 010036
SVSMPX

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

MNC015-103-127-129-010046-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-130901T0045Z/
BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
736 PM CDT SAT AUG 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RENVILLE...
SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD...NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET AND NORTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES HAS BEEN REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4445 9512 4461 9477 4457 9465 4454 9462
      4446 9463 4445 9461 4438 9460 4418 9490
      4411 9510 4419 9511 4419 9559 4420 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 317DEG 27KT 4441 9463 4423 9483
          4409 9523

$$

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, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 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, 7 hours 13 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, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 7 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, 50 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

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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

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

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

            TREES BEING TWISTED BY WIND

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:41 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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

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

0618 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE SACRED HEART       44.80N 95.32W
08/31/2013                   RENVILLE           MN   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...4 TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

&&

TDK

Local storm report, Aug 31, 6:44 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0505 PM     HAIL             7 N MONTEVIDEO          45.05N 95.72W
08/31/2013  M1.00 INCH       CHIPPEWA           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LRS

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, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	38 min

Nearby

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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.