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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 2014Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2014, 10:33 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Jul 21, 2014, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 21, 10:57 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 55Alexandria Airport, MN
Jul 21, 11:06 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 593 Sse Alexandria, MNMNDOT SENSOR ALONG I-94
Jul 21, 11:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Wnw Glenwood, MNWHEAT CROP BLOWN DOWN.
Jul 21, 11:14 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 49Glenwood Airport, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 21, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2014-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3298 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 2014-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

319 
WUUS53 KMPX 220333
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-220415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0067.140722T0333Z-140722T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1033 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1031 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  HOFFMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE MINNEWASKA...GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...KENSINGTON...FARWELL...
  HOLMES CITY...STARBUCK...LOWRY...LONG BEACH...ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT...
  FORADA...GLENWOOD AIRPORT...NELSON...VILLARD...SEDAN...GROVE
  LAKE...WESTPORT AND OSAKIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4594 9515 4556 9514 4563 9575 4590 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 271DEG 53KT 4579 9591

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
743 
WWUS53 KMPX 220403
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1103 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

MNC041-121-220415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-140722T0415Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
1103 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POPE
AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORADA...GLENWOOD AIRPORT...NELSON...VILLARD...SEDAN...WESTPORT...
OSAKIS AND GROVE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4591 9560 4594 9515 4556 9514 4563 9575
      4572 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 272DEG 35KT 4578 9539

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens47 min
Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd67 min
Jul 21, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns39 min
Jul 22, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs79 min
Jul 22, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs58 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.