Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
- May 19, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:38 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | E St Paul, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 396 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938
WUUS53 KMPX 192033
SVRMPX
MNC003-123-163-192115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0005.130519T2033Z-130519T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
333 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 332 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST PAUL...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
ST PAUL...MAPLEWOOD...ROSEVILLE...BLAINE...LANDFALL...OAKDALE...
FALCON HEIGHTS...NORTH ST PAUL...LITTLE CANADA...GEM LAKE...
WILLERNIE...MAHTOMEDI...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...WHITE BEAR LAKE...ARDEN
HILLS...SHOREVIEW...NORTH OAKS...CIRCLE PINES...LEXINGTON AND HUGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9291 4491 9294 4491 9300 4492 9306
4492 9313 4489 9316 4490 9317 4521 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 178DEG 25KT 4494 9304
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
444
WWUS53 KMPX 192047
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MNC003-123-163-192115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130519T2115Z/
ANOKA MN-RAMSEY MN-WASHINGTON MN-
347 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN RAMSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM CDT...
AT 346 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLEWOOD...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAINE...MAHTOMEDI...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...WHITE BEAR LAKE...
ARDEN HILLS...SHOREVIEW...NORTH OAKS...CIRCLE PINES...LEXINGTON...
HUGO...LINO LAKES AND CENTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9291 4497 9293 4497 9318 4521 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 178DEG 25KT 4504 9304
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$934
WWUS53 KMPX 192100
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
MNC003-123-163-192115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130519T2115Z/
ANOKA MN-RAMSEY MN-WASHINGTON MN-
400 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN RAMSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM CDT...
AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
BLAINE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
BLAINE...CIRCLE PINES...LEXINGTON...HUGO...LINO LAKES AND
CENTERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9295 4505 9300 4505 9319 4521 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 178DEG 25KT 4513 9305
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$974 WWUS53 KMPX 192107 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 MNC003-123-163-192117- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130519T2115Z/ ANOKA MN-RAMSEY MN-WASHINGTON MN- 407 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON... NORTHERN RAMSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4521 9295 4505 9300 4505 9319 4521 9322 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 178DEG 25KT 4518 9305 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 25 min |
| May 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| May 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Martin, Renville, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 60 min |
| May 19, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 67 min |
| May 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 49 min |
| May 19, 12:20 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Todd | 27 hr |
| May 19, 12:20 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Carver | 27 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Rice, Scott | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 33 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 35 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 15 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.