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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Carver County, McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 6:52 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 53Winsted, MNLARGE BRANCHES ON THE GROUND WITH 1.23 OF RAIN RECORDED.
Jun 21, 7:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nw Watertown, MNTREE DOWN.
Jun 21, 7:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Mayer, MNTREE FELL ON POWER LINE AND STARTED A FIRE.
Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDTHAIL 0.751 W Delano, MN

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

589 
WUUS53 KMPX 212352
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-171-220030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0086.130621T2352Z-130622T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LITCHFIELD TO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO...SILVER LAKE...COKATO...ANNANDALE...SMITH LAKE...HOWARD
  LAKE...WINSTED...LESTER PRAIRIE...MAPLE LAKE...RASSAT...WAVERLY...
  NEW GERMANY...MONTROSE...MAYER...WATERTOWN...MONTICELLO...DELANO
  AND ROCKFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4530 9375 4508 9373 4509 9376 4490 9376
      4489 9372 4488 9372 4487 9423 4498 9427
      4530 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 271DEG 35KT 4523 9422 4497 9421

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
557 
WWUS53 KMPX 220010
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-085-171-220030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-130622T0030Z/
CARVER MN-MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-
710 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
WRIGHT...NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD AND NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL
730 PM CDT...

AT 707 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WACONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...MAYER...WATERTOWN...DELANO AND ROCKFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4509 9373 4509 9377 4489 9376 4489 9372
      4488 9372 4488 9407 4498 9412 4526 9417
      4530 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 272DEG 36KT 4526 9396 4494 9390

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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, 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

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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.