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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2015Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2015, 2:25 AM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 24, 2015, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 3528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

544 
WUUS53 KMPX 240725
SVRMPX
MNC121-149-240800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0112.150724T0725Z-150724T0800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 225 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FISH LAKE...
  OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DONNELLY AROUND 235 AM CDT.
  MORRIS AROUND 245 AM CDT.
  CYRUS AROUND 255 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALBERTA...MORRIS AIRPORT AND FISH LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 177.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 9625 4576 9563 4555 9559 4555 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 264DEG 33KT 4565 9614 

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

JPC

2 follow-up statements

497 
WWUS53 KMPX 240746
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
246 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

MNC121-149-240800-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-150724T0800Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-
246 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES...

AT 246 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CYRUS...OR
NEAR MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CYRUS AROUND 250 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALBERTA
AND MORRIS AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 177.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4555 9608 4575 9606 4576 9563 4555 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 271DEG 39KT 4563 9580 

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

JPC

090 
WWUS53 KMPX 240800
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

MNC121-149-240810-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-150724T0800Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-
300 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4555 9608 4575 9606 4576 9563 4555 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 264DEG 33KT 4563 9580 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope	48 min
Jul 24, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Todd	49 min
Jul 24, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Meeker, Stearns, Wright	60 min
Jul 24, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	45 min
Jul 24, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	36 min
Jul 24, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison, Stearns, Todd	49 min
Jul 24, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele	60 min
Jul 24, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Wright	55 min
Jul 24, 3:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Wright	53 min
Jul 24, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Pope, Stearns	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	66 min
Jul 24, 4:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur, Waseca	41 min
Jul 24, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Waseca	22 min
Jul 24, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Scott	58 min
Jul 24, 4:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift, Wright	6 hr
Jul 24, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	57 min
Jul 24, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	54 min
Jul 24, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	53 min
Jul 24, 6:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	21 min
Jul 24, 7:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	49 min
Jul 24, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	58 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	24 min
Jul 24, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	57 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.