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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2015Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 4:37 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 9, 2015, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 5:07 PM CDTHAIL 16 S Donnelly, MN
Jun 9, 5:13 PM CDTHAIL 14 W Alberta, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

736 
WUUS53 KMPX 092137
SVRMPX
MNC149-092215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0020.150609T2137Z-150609T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
437 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  DUMONT...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATON...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 THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DONNELLY AROUND 455 PM CDT.
  MORRIS AROUND 505 PM CDT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9576 4549 9577 4559 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 282DEG 37KT 4572 9627 

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

DWE
1 follow-up statement
192 
WWUS53 KMPX 092204
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
504 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

MNC149-092215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150609T2215Z/
STEVENS MN-
504 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 503 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALBERTA...OR 7
MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRIS AND HANCOCK AROUND 515 PM CDT.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9576 4549 9577 4559 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 285DEG 39KT 4561 9605 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine49 min
Jun 9, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens, Swift52 min
Jun 9, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine11 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift40 min
Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift46 min
Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns42 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi30 min
Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa27 min
Jun 9, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville34 min
Jun 9, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns, Wright45 min
Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.