Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2015, 11:31 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 9, 2015, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120
WUUS53 KMPX 091631
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-091715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0122.150809T1631Z-150809T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1131 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1130 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THORPE...OR
13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR...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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
COSMOS AROUND 1140 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...CEDAR MILLS...CORVUSO...THORPE...LAKESIDE...LAKE LILLIAN
AND STROUT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 NEAR MILE MARKER 83...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 102 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4514 9487 4512 9444 4479 9455 4491 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 284DEG 28KT 4503 9480
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ADL1 follow-up statement
005
WWUS53 KMPX 091656
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
MNC067-093-129-091715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-150809T1715Z/
MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-RENVILLE MN-
1156 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER...SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI AND NORTHEASTERN
RENVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 1156 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREENLEAF...
OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER...SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI AND NORTHEASTERN
RENVILLE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GREENLEAF...
THORPE...LAKESIDE...CEDAR MILLS...STROUT AND CORVUSO.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 NEAR MILE MARKER 87...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 102 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4512 9444 4479 9455 4487 9487 4514 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 284DEG 28KT 4497 9448
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 8:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 118 min |
Nearby
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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.