Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2015, 8:13 AM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 7 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
- Aug 2, 2015, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2015, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Wsw Eagle Bend, MN | |
| Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Wsw Eagle Bend, MN | NEARLY GOLFBALL REPORTED. |
| Aug 2, 8:30 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 E Miltona, MN | |
| Aug 2, 8:35 AM CDT | HAIL 2 | Clotho, MN | SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE |
| Aug 2, 8:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Long Prairie, MN | |
| Aug 2, 8:51 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Long Prairie, MN | MOSTLY DIME SIZED AND NICKEL SIZED |
| Aug 2, 8:51 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Long Prairie, MN | MOSTLY DIME SIZED AND NICKEL SIZED |
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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628
WUUS53 KMPX 021313
SVRMPX
MNC041-153-021345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0116.150802T1313Z-150802T1345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
813 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 845 AM CDT
* AT 813 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WRIGHTSTOWN...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
55 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...
EAGLE BEND AROUND 825 AM CDT.
LONG PRAIRIE AROUND 840 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ROSE
CITY...BELLE RIVER...CLOTHO AND MILTONA.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 219.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 9475 4594 9476 4592 9539 4610 9541
4611 9514 4637 9515 4637 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1313Z 332DEG 46KT 4625 9524
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAH1 follow-up statement
847
WWUS53 KMPX 021324
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
824 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
MNC041-153-021345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-150802T1345Z/
DOUGLAS MN-TODD MN-
824 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN TODD COUNTIES...
AT 823 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE BEND...
OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROWERVILLE AROUND 835 AM CDT.
LONG PRAIRIE AROUND 840 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ROSE
CITY...BELLE RIVER...CLOTHO AND MILTONA.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 219.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 9475 4594 9476 4592 9539 4610 9541
4611 9514 4637 9515 4637 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1323Z 328DEG 47KT 4614 9510
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 40 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.