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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2013Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2013, 12:46 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2013, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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 22, 1:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Frost, MNSCATTERED LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 254 BETWEEN FROST AND INTERSTATE 90.
Jun 22, 1:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWells, MNSCATTERED TREES DOWN.
Jun 22, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Frost, MNSCATTERED LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 254 BETWEEN FROST AND INTERSTATE 90.
Jun 22, 1:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWells, MNSCATTERED TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

857 
WUUS53 KMPX 220546
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-091-220630-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0099.130622T0546Z-130622T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1246 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1242 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF JACKSON TO BLUE EARTH TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HAYWARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERT LEA...HAYWARD...SHERBURN...WELCOME...HUNTLEY...ALDEN...
  GRANADA...BRUSH CREEK...FOXLAKE...TRIMONT...BARODA...NORTHROP...
  MANCHESTER...WELLS...DELAVAN...WINNEBAGO...EASTON...ORMSBY...
  FREEBORN AND CLARKS GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4351 9485 4385 9486 4384 9304 4351 9305
      4350 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 225DEG 17KT 4364 9476 4365 9414
          4359 9311

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington20 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, 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.