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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Benton County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 12:13 AM CDT for Benton County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 21, 2013, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 12:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Morrill, MNFEW TREES DOWNED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

842 
WUUS53 KMPX 210513
SVRMPX
MNC009-097-210600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0060.130621T0513Z-130621T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1213 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1209 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FOLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  LITTLE ROCK...BUCKMAN...MORRILL...RUM RIVER AND HILLMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4598 9381 4598 9377 4578 9376 4570 9418
      4585 9423 4613 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 232DEG 25KT 4581 9408

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

$$
BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
320 
WWUS53 KMPX 210527
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1227 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNC009-097-210600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130621T0600Z/
BENTON MN-MORRISON MN-
1227 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MORRISON AND NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

AT 1223 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF
FOLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
RUM RIVER AND HILLMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4613 9381 4598 9381 4598 9377 4578 9376
      4573 9403 4590 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 230DEG 25KT 4588 9397

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

$$
BORGHOFF
680 
WWUS53 KMPX 210558
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNC009-097-210608-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-130621T0600Z/
BENTON MN-MORRISON MN-
1258 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON AND
NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4613 9381 4598 9381 4598 9377 4578 9376
      4573 9403 4590 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 230DEG 25KT 4602 9373

$$

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas42 min
Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd66 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens61 min
Jun 20, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd25 min
Jun 20, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBenton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 7 more9 hr
Jun 20, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine64 min
Jun 20, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope54 min
Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope, Stevens6 hr
Jun 21, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope64 min
Jun 21, 12:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope6 hr
Jun 21, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Stevens55 min
Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXStevens5 hr
Jun 21, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift64 min
Jun 21, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd5 hr
Jun 21, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope29 min
Jun 21, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Stearns, Swift53 min
Jun 21, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope, Stearns5 hr
Jun 21, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Stearns, Wright67 min
Jun 21, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright67 min
Jun 21, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi45 min
Jun 21, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright64 min
Jun 21, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne56 min
Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley61 min
Jun 21, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Scott, Washington57 min
Jun 21, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan53 min
Jun 21, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice65 min
Jun 21, 6:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd6 hr
Jun 21, 6:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Waseca4 hr
Jun 21, 6:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn4 hr
Jun 21, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault32 min
Jun 21, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin38 min
Jun 21, 10:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXTodd6 days
Jun 21, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more15 hr
Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine59 min
Jun 21, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle13 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine62 min
Jun 21, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift55 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine59 min
Jun 21, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens66 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd6 hr
Jun 21, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift57 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns52 min
Jun 21, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope, Stevens6 hr
Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine63 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison68 min
Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod43 min
Jun 21, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey and 3 more2 hr
Jun 21, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns49 min
Jun 21, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright38 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.