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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 7, 2014Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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: May 7, 2014, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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
May 7, 10:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Nnw Morristown, MN
May 7, 11:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	3 W Faribault, MN	OCCURRED AT CEDAR AND FRENCH LAKES.
May 7, 11:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Faribault, MN
May 7, 11:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Faribault, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 7, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 523 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

521 
WUUS53 KMPX 080357
SVRMPX
MNC131-080445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0010.140508T0357Z-140508T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1057 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...WARSAW...FARIBAULT AIRPORT...RUSKIN...
  BRIDGEWATER...DUNDAS AND NERSTRAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4430 9353 4431 9352 4448 9329 4447 9309
      4442 9303 4430 9304 4420 9332 4420 9349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 235DEG 26KT 4425 9344

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

$$

BORGHOFF

1 follow-up statement

256 
WWUS53 KMPX 080415
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1115 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNC131-080445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140508T0445Z/
RICE MN-
1115 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE COUNTY
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1113 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHFIELD...FARIBAULT AIRPORT...BRIDGEWATER AND DUNDAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4433 9350 4448 9329 4447 9309 4442 9303
      4427 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 211DEG 22KT 4435 9339

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	55 min
May 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	58 min
May 7, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	62 min
May 7, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	55 min
May 7, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	68 min
May 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca	61 min
May 7, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Rice, Scott	38 min
May 7, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	49 min
May 8, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	43 min
May 8, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	43 min
May 8, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	35 min
May 8, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	52 min
May 8, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	40 min
May 8, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	36 min
May 8, 7:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	37 min
May 8, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	32 min
May 8, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	23 min
May 8, 9:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	46 min
May 8, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	43 min
May 8, 10:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	25 min
May 8, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	42 min
May 8, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	42 min
May 8, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	48 min
May 8, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	42 min
May 8, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	29 min
May 8, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	23 min
May 8, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	37 min
May 8, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	34 min
May 8, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	31 min
May 8, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	33 min
May 8, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	24 min
May 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more	50 min
May 8, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele	23 min
May 8, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	28 min
May 8, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	52 min
May 8, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Steele	49 min
May 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	47 min
May 8, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	35 min
May 8, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Watonwan	31 min
May 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan	35 min
May 8, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	45 min
May 8, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	49 min
May 8, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	41 min
May 8, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	32 min
May 8, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	31 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.