Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 12:56 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min. 9 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, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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, 1:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Glenwood, MN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN MIDWAY BETWEEN GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. |
| Jun 21, 1:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Danvers, MN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...INCLUDING SOME ON HOUSES AND VEHICLES. |
| Jun 21, 1:33 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 85 | 2 W Benson, MN | MEASURED AT BENSON AIRPORT KBBB |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Swift Falls, MN | ONE BARN...TWO POLE SHEDS...AND THREE OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED. |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Starbuck, MN | 75 FOOT PINE DOWN AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TREES |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 E Starbuck, MN | CAR ROOF MOUNTED ANEMOMETER |
| Jun 21, 1:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Swift Falls, MN | ONE BARN COLLAPSED...MANY POLE SHEDS...GARAGES...OUT BUILDINGS AND SILOS HEAVILY DAMAGED. DAMAGE EXTENDED ACROSS MOST OF FAR SOUTHERN POPE COUNTY. |
| Jun 21, 1:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Swift Falls, MN | SOME TURKEY BARNS DOWN AROUND SWIFT FALLS. NUMEROUS TREES ALSO DOWN. |
| Jun 21, 1:49 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Starbuck, MN | 75 FOOT PINE DOWN AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER TREES |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317
WUUS53 KMPX 210556
SVRMPX
MNC073-121-149-151-210700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0062.130621T0556Z-130621T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1256 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 1251 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRIS TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MORRIS TO 7 MILES WEST OF ARTICHOKE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG
STONE CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...APPLETON...NASSAU...HANCOCK...
MARIETTA...STARBUCK...BELLINGHAM...LONG BEACH...LOUISBURG...
CLONTARF...HOLLOWAY...CERRO GORDO...SEDAN...SWIFT FALLS...DANVERS
AND GILCHRIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4526 9631 4519 9612 4540 9611 4559 9574
4567 9540 4554 9513 4541 9513 4541 9525
4535 9525 4533 9528 4515 9588 4515 9603
4508 9596 4486 9644 4524 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 288DEG 31KT 4562 9572 4549 9593
4540 9624 4522 9646
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
RAH1 follow-up statement
460
WWUS53 KMPX 210639
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
139 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
MNC149-210649-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-130621T0700Z/
STEVENS MN-
139 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4526 9631 4519 9612 4530 9613 4542 9573
4567 9542 4554 9513 4542 9513 4541 9525
4535 9525 4533 9528 4515 9587 4515 9603
4508 9596 4486 9644 4524 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 293DEG 28KT 4543 9540 4525 9560
4513 9614
$$
MNC073-121-151-210700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-130621T0700Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
139 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SWIFT...
SOUTHERN POPE AND NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 137 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENSON TO BENSON TO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF APPLETON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 90 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES WILL
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE
DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...SEDAN...GILCHRIST AND CERRO GORDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 4526 9631 4519 9612 4530 9613 4542 9573
4567 9542 4554 9513 4542 9513 4541 9525
4535 9525 4533 9528 4515 9587 4515 9603
4508 9596 4486 9644 4524 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 293DEG 28KT 4543 9540 4525 9560
4513 9614
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...90MPH
$$
BRBThe 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, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Stevens | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Stevens | 5 hr |
| 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.