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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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
- May 18, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
959
WUUS53 KMPX 182359
SVRMPX
MNC041-190100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.130518T2359Z-130519T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRANDON...GARFIELD...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY AND MILTONA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9558 4610 9517 4579 9552 4588 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 212DEG 12KT 4593 9554
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LRS2 follow-up statements
136
WWUS53 KMPX 190010
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
710 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
MNC041-190100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130519T0100Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
710 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARFIELD...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY...MILTONA...AND THE INTERSTATE
94 NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9558 4610 9517 4579 9552 4588 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 223DEG 8KT 4592 9553
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LRS763 WWUS53 KMPX 190040 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 740 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 MNC041-190049- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130519T0100Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 740 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DOUGLAS 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. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE EXESSIVE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 4611 9558 4610 9517 4579 9552 4588 9574 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 223DEG 8KT 4597 9546 $$ LRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 28 min |
| May 18, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 50 min |
| May 18, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| May 18, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 18, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey | 37 min |
| May 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Douglas and 25 more | 44 hr |
| May 18, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.