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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2014Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 1:40 PM CDT for Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2014, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2014-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

990 
WUUS53 KMPX 031840
SVRMPX
MNC121-145-031915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0110.140903T1840Z-140903T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
140 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 138 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUK CENTRE AROUND 210 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VILLARD...GROVE LAKE...
WESTPORT...MELROSE AND MEIRE GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4577 9482 4560 9479 4557 9536 4576 9540
      4576 9515 4577 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 262DEG 33KT 4567 9535

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
693 
WWUS53 KMPX 031853
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
153 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNC121-145-031915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-140903T1915Z/
POPE MN-STEARNS MN-
153 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 152 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUK CENTRE AROUND 210 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAUK CENTRE AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9515 4577 9514 4577 9482 4564 9480
      4565 9528 4576 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 248DEG 33KT 4572 9521

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

$$
623 
WWUS53 KMPX 031911
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
211 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNC121-145-031921-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-140903T1915Z/
POPE MN-STEARNS MN-
211 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.

LAT...LON 4576 9515 4577 9514 4577 9482 4564 9480
      4565 9528 4576 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 248DEG 33KT 4578 9499

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 5:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa42 min
Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa2 hr
Sep 3, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift2 hr
Sep 3, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi2 hr
Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville49 min
Sep 3, 9:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley39 min
Sep 3, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley23 min
Sep 3, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod26 min
Sep 3, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod24 min
Sep 3, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright51 min
Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright30 min
Sep 3, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens36 min
Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton47 min
Sep 3, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens44 min
Sep 3, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd35 min
Sep 3, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne41 min
Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens50 min
Sep 3, 1:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPope3 hr
Sep 3, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd41 min
Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd44 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison31 min
Sep 3, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd48 min
Sep 3, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec50 min
Sep 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs30 min
Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison47 min
Sep 3, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison53 min
Sep 3, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison41 min
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec43 min
Sep 3, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd3 hr
Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMorrison3 hr
Sep 3, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs, Morrison3 hr
Sep 3, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.