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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 26, 2014Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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 26, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 3:51 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	5 Wnw Cushing, MN
Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	3 W Cushing, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

562 
WUUS53 KMPX 262050
SVRMPX
MNC097-153-262115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0071.140726T2050Z-140726T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  STAPLES...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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMP RIPLEY AND CUSHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9482 4627 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 275DEG 27KT 4619 9467

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

$$

JLT

4 follow-up statements

051 
WWUS53 KMPX 262053
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

MNC097-153-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-TODD MN-
353 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF STAPLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. GOLF BALL HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 
MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF CUSHING. 

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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP RIPLEY AND CUSHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9482 4627 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 275DEG 27KT 4619 9465

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JLT

733 
WWUS53 KMPX 262100
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

MNC153-262110-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
TODD MN-
400 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9465 4624 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 277DEG 23KT 4618 9460

$$

MNC097-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-
400 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 357 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF CAMP RIPLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM EARLIER 
PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WEST OF CUSHING. 

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP RIPLEY AND CUSHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9465 4624 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 277DEG 23KT 4618 9460

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JLT

903 
WWUS53 KMPX 262110
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

MNC097-262115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-
410 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMP RIPLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP RIPLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9465 4624 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 274DEG 30KT 4617 9447

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

JLT

167 
WWUS53 KMPX 262114
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

MNC097-262124-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-
414 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

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 4628 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9430 4607 9430 4613 9465 4624 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 274DEG 30KT 4617 9442

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	56 min
Jul 26, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	49 min
Jul 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	28 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	29 min
Jul 26, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	39 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	17 min
Jul 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	50 min
Jul 26, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	29 min
Jul 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	31 min
Jul 26, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	34 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.