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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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 21, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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°0°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.

377 
WUUS53 KMPX 210730
SVRMPX
MNC023-067-210815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0067.130621T0730Z-130621T0815Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 228 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PAYNESVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  WILLMAR TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO TO 6 MILES WEST OF
  MONTEVIDEO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTEVIDEO...RAYMOND...GLUEK...ASBURY...CLARA CITY AND MAYNARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4515 9603 4516 9496 4490 9524 4490 9548
      4476 9549 4478 9552 4479 9550 4485 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 294DEG 31KT 4526 9466 4502 9500
          4503 9543 4494 9582

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BRB

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, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison47 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, 2:56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.