Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 4:41 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Canby, MN | NSSL SHAVE PROJECT RELAYED THIS STORM REPORT. INITIAL TIME OF 555 PM WAS LISTED AS QUESTIONABLE AND DID NOT LINE UP WITH RADAR, BEST ESTIMATE OF EVENT TIME IS 530 PM. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
327
WUUS53 KMPX 092141
SVRMPX
MNC073-173-092230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0021.150609T2141Z-150609T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
441 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORITZ...OR
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEAR LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
CANBY AROUND 510 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
NASSAU...FLORIDA CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...BURR...PROVIDENCE
AND MADISON AIRPORT.
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 4509 9645 4498 9594 4463 9629 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 298DEG 31KT 4491 9650
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ADL1 follow-up statement
021
WWUS53 KMPX 092221
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
MNC073-173-092230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150609T2230Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-
521 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTIES...
AT 520 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CANBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST
CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE AND SOUTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BURR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4493 9645 4472 9620 4463 9629 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 298DEG 31KT 4475 9608
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 11 min |
| Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 34 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.