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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 4:25 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 4:34 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGFaribault, MN2 TO 3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN AT COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

162 
WUUS53 KMPX 210925
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-211030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.130621T0925Z-130621T1030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 423 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIVER FALLS TO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CANNON FALLS TO 9 MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...AND
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...RED WING...NORTHFIELD...CANNON FALLS...MORRISTOWN...
  WARSAW...DUNDAS...BRIDGEWATER...STANTON...WELCH...DENNISON...
  RUSKIN...NERSTRAND...WASTEDO...KENYON...HADER...GOODHUE...BOMBAY...
  FRONTENAC AND WANAMINGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4455 9352 4455 9329 4447 9328 4447 9304
      4452 9303 4451 9294 4454 9291 4455 9280
      4462 9280 4463 9274 4471 9273 4457 9254
      4455 9233 4446 9224 4445 9242 4436 9244
      4436 9254 4420 9254 4420 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 296DEG 43KT 4471 9268 4457 9298
          4447 9332

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BRB
2 follow-up statements
989 
WWUS53 KMPX 210951
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-131-211030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-130621T1030Z/
GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-
451 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE AND
GOODHUE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...

AT 447 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED WING TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF
CANNON FALLS TO FARIBAULT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WANAMINGO...BOMBAY...KENYON...FRONTENAC...BELLECHESTER...ZUMBROTA AND
PINE ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9350 4447 9328 4447 9304 4452 9303
      4451 9294 4454 9291 4454 9280 4466 9265
      4457 9254 4455 9233 4446 9226 4445 9242
      4437 9244 4436 9254 4420 9254 4420 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 302DEG 37KT 4446 9245 4432 9277
          4428 9313

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BRB
444 
WWUS53 KMPX 211021
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-131-211028-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-130621T1030Z/
GOODHUE MN-RICE MN-
521 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICE AND GOODHUE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM.

LAT...LON 4437 9350 4447 9328 4447 9304 4452 9303
      4451 9294 4454 9291 4454 9280 4466 9265
      4457 9254 4455 9233 4446 9226 4445 9242
      4437 9244 4436 9254 4420 9254 4420 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 302DEG 37KT 4431 9212 4417 9244
          4413 9280

$$

BORGHOFF

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, 2:30 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, 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.