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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Douglas County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 12:20 AM CDT for Douglas County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 5 reports 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, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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
Jun 21, 12:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millerville, MN	12 TO 18 INCH TREES TWISTED AND SNAPPED OFF. POWER OUT.
Jun 21, 12:34 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chokio, MN	APPLE TREES DOWN
Jun 21, 12:46 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	3 Wsw Morris, MN	MEASURED AT MORRIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Jun 21, 1:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millerville, MN	12 TO 18 INCH TREES TWISTED AND SNAPPED OFF. POWER OUT.
Jun 21, 1:17 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	13 Ne Ortonville, MN	WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH LASTED 20 MIN

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
Jun 20, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 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.

685 
WUUS53 KMPX 210520
SVRMPX
MNC041-149-210615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0061.130621T0520Z-130621T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1220 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1219 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF BATTLE LAKE TO GRACEVILLE TO 6
  MILES WEST OF CLINTON TO 12 MILES WEST OF BIG STONE CITY...AND
  MOVING EAST 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...
  MORRIS...MELBY...EVANSVILLE...MILLERVILLE...CHOKIO...DONNELLY...
  BRANDON...LEAF VALLEY...ALBERTA...GARFIELD...KENSINGTON...HOLMES
  AND HANCOCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 9626 4576 9625 4577 9578 4579 9576
      4608 9579 4611 9577 4612 9525 4576 9556
      4576 9576 4554 9575 4541 9594 4540 9624
      4541 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 282DEG 25KT 4613 9569 4556 9642
          4546 9657 4528 9671

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

051 
WWUS53 KMPX 210539
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1239 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNC041-149-210615-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-130621T0615Z/
DOUGLAS MN-STEVENS MN-
1239 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STEVENS AND
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1237 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOFFMAN TO 6 MILES WEST OF
HOFFMAN TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRIS TO 9 MILES EAST OF GRACEVILLE
TO CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST 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...
MORRIS...BRANDON...MILLERVILLE...ALBERTA...LEAF VALLEY...GARFIELD...
KENSINGTON AND HOLMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 9626 4576 9625 4577 9578 4579 9576
      4608 9579 4611 9577 4612 9525 4576 9556
      4576 9576 4554 9575 4541 9594 4540 9624
      4541 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 282DEG 25KT 4598 9565 4583 9588
          4565 9596 4553 9623 4547 9633

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

$$

145 
WWUS53 KMPX 210601
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-210611-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-130621T0615Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
101 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4544 9625 4557 9624 4577 9583 4577 9577
      4554 9575 4541 9595 4541 9611 4540 9612
      4540 9624 4542 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 295DEG 27KT 4559 9572 4546 9598
          4544 9617

$$

MNC149-210615-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-130621T0615Z/
STEVENS MN-
101 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STEVENS COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1256 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF MORRIS TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ARTICHOKE TO ARTICHOKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD 
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4544 9625 4557 9624 4577 9583 4577 9577
      4554 9575 4541 9595 4541 9611 4540 9612
      4540 9624 4542 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 295DEG 27KT 4559 9572 4546 9598
          4544 9617

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	42 min
Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	66 min
Jun 20, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	61 min
Jun 20, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Todd	25 min
Jun 20, 10:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 7 more	9 hr
Jun 20, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	64 min
Jun 20, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	54 min
Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	6 hr
Jun 21, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	64 min
Jun 21, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison	47 min
Jun 21, 12:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope	6 hr
Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Stevens	5 hr
Jun 21, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift	64 min
Jun 21, 12:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	5 hr
Jun 21, 1:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope	29 min
Jun 21, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Stearns, Swift	53 min
Jun 21, 1:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	5 hr
Jun 21, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	53 min
Jun 21, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Stearns, Wright	67 min
Jun 21, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	67 min
Jun 21, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	45 min
Jun 21, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright	64 min
Jun 21, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	56 min
Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley	61 min
Jun 21, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Washington	57 min
Jun 21, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan	53 min
Jun 21, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	65 min
Jun 21, 6:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd	6 hr
Jun 21, 6:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Waseca	4 hr
Jun 21, 6:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	4 hr
Jun 21, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	32 min
Jun 21, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	38 min
Jun 21, 10:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Todd	6 days
Jun 21, 3:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	15 hr
Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	59 min
Jun 21, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	13 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	62 min
Jun 21, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	55 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	59 min
Jun 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	66 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd	6 hr
Jun 21, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	57 min
Jun 21, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns	52 min
Jun 21, 5:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	6 hr
Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	63 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	68 min
Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	43 min
Jun 21, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey and 3 more	2 hr
Jun 21, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	49 min
Jun 21, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	38 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.