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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2014Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 4:26 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 7, 2014, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 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.

060 
WUUS53 KMPX 072126
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-072215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.140707T2126Z-140707T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
426 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST 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.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
  KANDIYOHI AND WEST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STROUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4513 9452 4493 9461 4502 9509 4515 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 281DEG 24KT 4507 9495

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

$$

4 follow-up statements

246 
WWUS53 KMPX 072135
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

MNC067-093-072215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140707T2215Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
435 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WILLMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE 
         OF WILLMAR WITH THIS STORM.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL KANDIYOHI AND WEST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STROUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4501 9504 4515 9499 4513 9452 4493 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 281DEG 24KT 4506 9487

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

739 
WWUS53 KMPX 072155
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
455 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

MNC067-093-072215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140707T2215Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
455 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 453 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE 
         OF WILLMAR WITH THIS STORM.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL KANDIYOHI AND WEST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...STROUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 9495 4514 9484 4513 9452 4493 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 281DEG 24KT 4503 9468

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

$$

SPD

464 
WWUS53 KMPX 072204
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
504 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

MNC067-093-072215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140707T2215Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
504 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE 
         OF WILLMAR WITH THIS STORM.

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL KANDIYOHI AND WEST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4498 9487 4513 9478 4513 9452 4493 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 281DEG 24KT 4502 9460

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

$$

SPD

587 
WWUS53 KMPX 072212
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

MNC067-093-072222-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-140707T2215Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
512 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MEEKER AND EAST
CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4498 9487 4513 9478 4513 9452 4493 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 281DEG 24KT 4501 9453

$$

SPD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	40 min
Jul 7, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Washington	34 min
Jul 7, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	28 min
Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	25 min
Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	38 min
Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	40 min
Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	37 min
Jul 7, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley	49 min
Jul 7, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott, Washington	40 min
Jul 7, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	29 min
Jul 7, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Washington	47 min
Jul 7, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	31 min
Jul 7, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Washington	49 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.