Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2015, 11:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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 17, 2015, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 48 | Hutchinson, MN | |
| Jul 17, 11:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Wnw Hutchinson, MN | |
| Jul 17, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 1 N Hutchinson, MN | MEASURED WITH ANEMOMETER. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
562
WUUS53 KMPX 180409
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-145-171-180500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.150718T0409Z-150718T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1108 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROSCOE TO NEAR EDEN VALLEY TO NEAR COSMOS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EDEN VALLEY AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
RICHMOND AND WATKINS AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
COLD SPRING AND KIMBALL AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
ROCKVILLE AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
HUTCHINSON AND ANNANDALE AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
SILVER LAKE AROUND 1150 PM CDT.
MAPLE LAKE AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
CLEARWATER AND LESTER PRAIRIE AROUND 1200 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...FAIRHAVEN...FOREST CITY...WAVERLY...DARWIN...ST
AUGUSTA...RASSAT...SMITH LAKE...LUXEMBURG AND SOUTH HAVEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 182.
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 129.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 9410 4545 9410 4540 9401 4522 9391
4498 9399 4497 9401 4489 9402 4489 9476
4502 9476 4528 9457 4547 9468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 278DEG 34KT 4545 9470 4529 9458 4490 9474
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KMPX 180431
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1131 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
MNC085-093-145-171-180500-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150718T0500Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-
1131 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS...MEEKER...NORTHERN MCLEOD AND WESTERN
WRIGHT COUNTIES...
AT 1131 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ST NICHOLAS TO NEAR KIMBALL TO NEAR LAKESIDE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HUTCHINSON...ANNANDALE AND KIMBALL AROUND 1145 PM CDT.
SILVER LAKE AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
MAPLE LAKE...CLEARWATER AND LESTER PRAIRIE AROUND 1200 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...FAIRHAVEN...FOREST CITY...WAVERLY...DARWIN...ST
AUGUSTA...RASSAT...SMITH LAKE...LUXEMBURG AND SOUTH HAVEN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 182.
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 129.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 9410 4545 9410 4540 9401 4522 9391
4498 9399 4497 9401 4489 9402 4489 9470
4505 9464 4528 9457 4547 9468
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 279DEG 32KT 4539 9446 4523 9434 4484 9450
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 63 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.