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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 10, 2014Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2014, 5:05 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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: May 10, 2014, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 1908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

444 
WUUS53 KMPX 102205
SVRMPX
MNC073-102300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0022.140510T2205Z-140510T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
505 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF GARY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON...BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MARIETTA...MADISON
  AIRPORT...NASSAU...CERRO GORDO...BELLINGHAM AND LOUISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4527 9646 4528 9643 4526 9640 4526 9630
      4522 9625 4519 9611 4517 9610 4516 9605
      4511 9600 4480 9622 4480 9641 4480 9642
      4508 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 199DEG 30KT 4490 9632

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JRB

3 follow-up statements

037 
WWUS53 KMPX 102220
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MNC073-102300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140510T2300Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
520 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 514 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MADISON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MADISON AIRPORT...
CERRO GORDO...BELLINGHAM AND LOUISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4526 9640 4526 9630 4522 9625 4519 9611
      4517 9610 4516 9605 4512 9601 4480 9622
      4480 9641
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 201DEG 25KT 4497 9628

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JRB

184 
WWUS53 KMPX 102231
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
531 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MNC073-102300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140510T2300Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
531 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 524 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADISON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CERRO GORDO AND LOUISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4522 9625 4519 9611 4517 9610 4516 9605
      4512 9601 4480 9622 4480 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 206DEG 30KT 4502 9617

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JRB

141 
WWUS53 KMPX 102241
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MNC073-102251-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140510T2300Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
541 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4522 9625 4519 9611 4517 9610 4516 9605
      4512 9601 4480 9622 4480 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 206DEG 30KT 4509 9612

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	48 min
May 10, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	28 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	28 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.