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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 5:38 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Ese Belgrade, MN	MEASURED BY MNDOT ROAD SENSOR ALONG HIGHWAY 55.

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
Jun 21, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

881 
WUUS53 KMPX 212238
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-145-212330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0083.130621T2238Z-130621T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF BENSON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BENSON TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...PAYNESVILLE...ALBANY...RAYMOND...
  PRINSBURG...PENNOCK...SUNBURG...PRIAM...BLOMKEST...SVEA...
  BROOTEN...KANDIYOHI...LAKE LILLIAN...SPICER...NEW LONDON...
  BELGRADE...THORPE...PADUA AND GEORGEVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY 
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 4542 9415 4532 9412 4530 9415 4532 9422
      4530 9426 4498 9426 4498 9449 4491 9451
      4489 9524 4541 9525 4542 9513 4564 9514
      4572 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 261DEG 47KT 4550 9561 4528 9542
          4488 9533

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

1 follow-up statement

327 
WWUS53 KMPX 212302
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNC067-093-145-212330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-130621T2330Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-STEARNS MN-
602 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STEARNS...
MEEKER AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 557 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD TO 13 MILES NORTH OF
WILLMAR TO 10 MILES WEST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...PAYNESVILLE...ALBANY...SVEA...BELGRADE...BLOMKEST...
SPICER...PADUA...GEORGEVILLE...KANDIYOHI...REGAL...ELROSA...HAWICK...
LAKE LILLIAN...LAKE HENRY...SPRING HILL...ATWATER...GREENWALD...MEIRE
GROVE AND THORPE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND
SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4542 9415 4532 9412 4530 9415 4532 9422
      4530 9426 4498 9426 4498 9449 4491 9451
      4489 9524 4541 9525 4542 9513 4564 9514
      4572 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 252DEG 46KT 4556 9515 4534 9497
          4484 9510

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

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, 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, 5:39 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.