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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2013Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2013, 4:56 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 16, 2013, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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.

115 
WUUS53 KMPX 162156
SVRMPX
MNC145-162245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.130616T2156Z-130616T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
456 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 454 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAYNESVILLE...BROOTEN...PADUA...BELGRADE...ELROSA...GEORGEVILLE...
  MEIRE GROVE...GREENWALD...SPRING HILL...LAKE HENRY...NEW MUNICH...
  ST MARTIN...ROSCOE AND FARMING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4562 9448 4535 9456 4538 9477 4541 9477
      4541 9497 4543 9513 4567 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 280DEG 45KT 4555 9521

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

$$
BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
492 
WWUS53 KMPX 162216
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

MNC145-162245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-130616T2245Z/
STEARNS MN-
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PAYNESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAYNESVILLE...GREENWALD...SPRING HILL...LAKE HENRY...ST MARTIN...
ROSCOE AND FARMING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4559 9449 4535 9456 4538 9477 4541 9477
      4541 9497 4542 9506 4561 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 279DEG 40KT 4552 9490

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

$$
BORGHOFF
476 
WWUS53 KMPX 162232
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

MNC145-162241-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-130616T2245Z/
STEARNS MN-
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEARNS 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.

LAT...LON 4559 9449 4535 9456 4538 9477 4541 9477
      4541 9497 4542 9506 4561 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 279DEG 40KT 4549 9467

$$
BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:33 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXRamsey, Washington9 hr
Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stevens52 min
Jun 16, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens33 min
Jun 16, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens46 min
Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker42 min
Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott40 min
Jun 16, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott50 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington49 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.