Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 2:56 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, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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, 3:07 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Winsted, MN | ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND. |
| Jun 21, 3:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Monticello, MN | TREE 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. SMALLER BRANCHES FROM OTHER TREES ALSO DOWN. |
| Jun 21, 3:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 73 | Buffalo, MN | MEASURED AT HOME WEATHER STATION |
| Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 Se Buffalo, MN | MEASURED AT BUFFALO AIRPORT |
| Jun 21, 3:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Monticello, MN | TREE 30 IN. IN DIAMETER DOWN. SMALLER BRANCHES FROM OTHER TREES ALSO DOWN. |
| Jun 21, 3:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Waconia, MN | TREE DOWN AT HIGHWAY 7 AND COUNTY ROAD 11. |
| Jun 21, 3:37 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Minneapolis, MN | TWO 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN... NUMEROUS 2 TO 5 INCH BRANCHES DOWN... VICTORY MEMORIAL PARKWAY. |
| Jun 21, 3:39 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 1 Sw Eden Prairie, MN | MEASURED AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT |
| Jun 21, 3:51 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | Twin Cities Airport, MN | 47 MPH GUST AND HALF INCH HAIL |
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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.
513
WUUS53 KMPX 210756
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-085-171-210900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0068.130621T0756Z-130621T0900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 251 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST CLOUD TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BUFFALO TO 7 MILES EAST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...BUFFALO...GLENCOE...WACONIA...EXCELSIOR...MAPLE
GROVE...PLYMOUTH...MINNETONKA...THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...BROOKLYN
PARK...ST LOUIS PARK...EDEN PRAIRIE...BLOOMINGTON...TWIN CITIES
AIRPORT...WAVERLY...MONTROSE...WINSTED...SILVER LAKE...MONTICELLO
AND BISCAY.
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 4530 9356 4526 9354 4515 9331 4504 9328
4503 9321 4487 9319 4482 9324 4479 9334
4482 9344 4480 9356 4476 9362 4471 9362
4465 9375 4467 9377 4468 9389 4472 9389
4476 9446 4520 9388 4531 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 291DEG 41KT 4538 9394 4507 9400
4475 9478
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRB3 follow-up statements
486
WWUS53 KMPX 210809
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
309 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
MNC019-053-085-171-210900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-130621T0900Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-
309 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
WRIGHT...NORTHERN MCLEOD...HENNEPIN AND CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM
CDT...
AT 305 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO TO 11 MILES NORTH OF WACONIA
TO 17 MILES EAST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...GLENCOE...WACONIA...EXCELSIOR...MINNETONKA...MAPLE
GROVE...PLYMOUTH...THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...BROOKLYN PARK...EDEN
PRAIRIE...ST LOUIS PARK...BLOOMINGTON...TWIN CITIES AIRPORT...LESTER
PRAIRIE...ROCKFORD...NEW GERMANY...GREENFIELD...INDEPENDENCE...
ALBERTVILLE AND ST MICHAEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4530 9356 4526 9354 4515 9331 4504 9328
4503 9321 4487 9319 4482 9324 4479 9334
4482 9344 4480 9356 4476 9362 4471 9362
4465 9375 4467 9377 4468 9389 4472 9389
4476 9446 4520 9388 4531 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 291DEG 42KT 4532 9374 4499 9380
4470 9459
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BRB472
WWUS53 KMPX 210847
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
MNC085-171-210857-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-130621T0900Z/
MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-
347 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WRIGHT AND NORTHERN
MCLEOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4467 9377 4468 9388 4472 9389 4473 9401
4484 9401 4496 9371 4518 9336 4514 9331
4504 9328 4502 9321 4487 9319 4479 9334
4482 9344 4479 9358 4476 9362 4471 9363
4465 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 292DEG 46KT 4500 9313 4491 9308
4480 9314 4452 9393
$$
MNC019-053-210900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-130621T0900Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-
347 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HENNEPIN AND
CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 342 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ROSEVILLE TO ST PAUL TO EAGAN TO 10 MILES EAST OF
GAYLORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4467 9377 4468 9388 4472 9389 4473 9401
4484 9401 4496 9371 4518 9336 4514 9331
4504 9328 4502 9321 4487 9319 4479 9334
4482 9344 4479 9358 4476 9362 4471 9363
4465 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 292DEG 46KT 4500 9313 4491 9308
4480 9314 4452 9393
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRB023
WWUS53 KMPX 210900
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
MNC019-053-210910-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-130621T0900Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-
400 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENNEPIN AND CARVER COUNTIES
HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4467 9377 4468 9388 4472 9389 4473 9401
4484 9401 4496 9371 4518 9336 4514 9331
4504 9328 4502 9321 4487 9319 4479 9334
4482 9344 4479 9358 4476 9362 4471 9363
4465 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 292DEG 46KT 4499 9313 4490 9308
4479 9314 4452 9394
$$
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, 12:56 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, 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 |
Nearby
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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.