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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 5:57 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 6:02 PM CDTHAIL 1Vesta, MNRELAYED BY MEDIA

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 21, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 21, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -340 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

091 
WUUS53 KMPX 212257
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-220000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0084.130621T2257Z-130622T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS...OLIVIA...VESTA...ECHO...SEAFORTH...BELVIEW...SACRED
  HEART...DELHI...RENVILLE...NORTH REDWOOD...DANUBE...BECHYN...
  MORTON...FRANKLIN AND BIRD ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9525 4489 9489 4443 9488 4441 9551
      4463 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 258DEG 27KT 4450 9543

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
2 follow-up statements
939 
WWUS53 KMPX 212318
SVSMPX

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

MNC173-212329-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-130622T0000Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
618 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4450 9534 4464 9535 4489 9525 4489 9489
      4452 9488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 258DEG 27KT 4458 9521

$$

MNC127-129-220000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-130622T0000Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
618 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RENVILLE AND NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
REDWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDWOOD FALLS...OLIVIA...RENVILLE...NORTH REDWOOD...DANUBE...
BECHYN...MORTON AND FRANKLIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4450 9534 4464 9535 4489 9525 4489 9489
      4452 9488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 258DEG 27KT 4458 9521

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
564 
WWUS53 KMPX 212327
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-129-212337-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-130622T0000Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
627 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RENVILLE AND
NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4450 9534 4464 9535 4489 9525 4489 9489
      4452 9488
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 258DEG 27KT 4459 9513

$$

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, 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, 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

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.