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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 2013Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 8:25 PM CDT for Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGS Stillwater, MNFEW TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES.

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, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2013-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 971 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 2013-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

945 
WUUS53 KMPX 220125
SVRMPX
MNC037-163-220145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0091.130622T0125Z-130622T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STILLWATER TO HUDSON TO 13
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAGAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HASTINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4473 9299 4496 9289 4518 9291 4520 9277
      4511 9274 4507 9280 4505 9280 4503 9276
      4492 9275 4490 9277 4484 9276 4475 9280
      4472 9273 4466 9274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 271DEG 39KT 4516 9286 4496 9273
          4471 9291

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin62 min
Jun 21, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington42 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet41 min
Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWashington4 hr
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue67 min
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet52 min
Jun 21, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott, Sibley47 min
Jun 21, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright40 min
Jun 21, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice43 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville53 min
Jun 21, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine6 hr
Jun 21, 10:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey6 hr
Jun 21, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley39 min
Jun 21, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBrown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley6 hr
Jun 21, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley51 min
Jun 21, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBrown, Martin, Watonwan6 hr
Jun 21, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn6 hr
Jun 22, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Martin44 min
Jun 22, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn61 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice49 min
Jun 22, 6:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 22 more16 hr

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.