Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 4:50 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 80.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Benson, MN | SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 21, 5:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Se Clara City, MN | APPLE TREE DOWN |
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 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -340 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675
WUUS53 KMPX 212150
SVRMPX
MNC023-151-212245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0079.130621T2150Z-130621T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
450 PM 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...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 448 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ORTONVILLE TO 11 MILES EAST OF MADISON TO 5 MILES
EAST OF IVANHOE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE
DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...BENSON...APPLETON...WATSON...MILAN...BIG BEND CITY...
HOLLOWAY...ASBURY...DANVERS...GLUEK...MAYNARD...CLONTARF...DE
GRAFF...CLARA CITY...MURDOCK...KERKHOVEN AND SWIFT FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. 80 MPH
WINDS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4541 9612 4541 9526 4489 9525 4489 9547
4475 9549 4477 9552 4479 9550 4490 9567
4491 9571 4494 9575 4495 9581 4502 9587
4516 9605 4517 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 249DEG 40KT 4526 9637 4497 9597
4448 9613
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KMPX 212206
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
506 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
MNC023-151-212245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-130621T2245Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-
506 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SWIFT AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 502 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARTICHOKE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MONTEVIDEO TO MINNEOTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE
DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND
POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...BENSON...BIG BEND CITY...HOLLOWAY...ASBURY...DANVERS...
GLUEK...MAYNARD...CLONTARF...CLARA CITY...DE GRAFF...MURDOCK...
KERKHOVEN AND SWIFT FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS SNAPPED LARGE TREES IN
MADISON. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4541 9612 4541 9526 4489 9525 4489 9547
4475 9549 4477 9552 4479 9550 4490 9567
4491 9571 4494 9575 4495 9581 4502 9587
4516 9605 4517 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 251DEG 42KT 4532 9616 4502 9577
4453 9593
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...80MPH
$$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, 12:20 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, 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, 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.