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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2015Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 5:08 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 9, 2015, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 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, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

606 
WUUS53 KMPX 092208
SVRMPX
MNC121-149-151-092300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0022.150609T2208Z-150609T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALBERTA...OR
  NEAR 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...
  MORRIS AROUND 515 PM CDT.
  HANCOCK AND CYRUS AROUND 525 PM CDT.
  LAKE HASSEL AROUND 545 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLONTARF...MORRIS AIRPORT...LAKE MINNEWASKA...LAKE EMILY...BENSON
AIRPORT...LONG BEACH...SWIFT FALLS AND ALBERTA.

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 4567 9603 4567 9536 4527 9546 4535 9611
      4537 9612 4541 9612 4541 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 290DEG 36KT 4556 9602 

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

DWE

3 follow-up statements

670 
WWUS53 KMPX 092225
SVSMPX

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

MNC121-149-151-092300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150609T2300Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
525 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS...SOUTHWESTERN POPE AND NORTHERN SWIFT
COUNTIES...

AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF HANCOCK...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARBUCK...MOVING EAST AT 25 
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...
  HANCOCK AROUND 535 PM CDT.
  BENSON AND LAKE HASSEL AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLONTARF...MORRIS AIRPORT...LAKE MINNEWASKA...LAKE EMILY...BENSON
AIRPORT...LONG BEACH...SWIFT FALLS AND ALBERTA.

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 4567 9603 4567 9536 4527 9546 4535 9611
      4537 9612 4541 9612 4541 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 288DEG 24KT 4544 9592 

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

DWE

454 
WWUS53 KMPX 092230
SVSMPX

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

MNC121-149-151-092300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150609T2300Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS...SOUTHWESTERN POPE AND NORTHERN SWIFT
COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LAKE OLIVER...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF MORRIS...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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANCOCK AROUND 535 PM CDT.
  BENSON AND LAKE HASSEL AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLONTARF...LAKE EMILY...BENSON AIRPORT...LONG BEACH...SWIFT FALLS AND
LAKE MINNEWASKA.

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 4552 9597 4557 9569 4567 9536 4527 9546
      4535 9611 4537 9612 4541 9612 4541 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 296DEG 29KT 4541 9590 

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

DWE

341 
WWUS53 KMPX 092243
SVSMPX

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

MNC149-092253-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150609T2300Z/
STEVENS MN-
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4541 9611 4541 9575 4543 9575 4563 9537
      4527 9546 4535 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 294DEG 31KT 4535 9580 

$$

MNC121-151-092300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150609T2300Z/
POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN POPE AND NORTHERN SWIFT COUNTIES...

AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVERS...OR
17 MILES SOUTH OF MORRIS...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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BENSON AND LAKE HASSEL AROUND 600 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLONTARF...SWIFT FALLS AND BENSON 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 4541 9611 4541 9575 4543 9575 4563 9537
      4527 9546 4535 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 294DEG 31KT 4535 9580 

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

DWE

The 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, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	49 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

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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.