Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2015, 7:18 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | E Elk River, MN | PICTURE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL RECEIVED VIA FACEBOOK FROM THE EAST SIDE OF ELK RIVER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
317
WUUS53 KMPX 100018
SVRMPX
MNC141-171-100045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0027.150610T0018Z-150610T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
718 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIG LAKE...
OR 11 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
ELK RIVER...ALBERTVILLE AND ZIMMERMAN AROUND 730 PM CDT.
ST. MICHAEL AND OTSEGO AROUND 740 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND
203.
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 4543 9351 4524 9352 4522 9353 4525 9389
4544 9382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 278DEG 33KT 4535 9380
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWE1 follow-up statement
033
WWUS53 KMPX 100031
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
MNC141-171-100045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150610T0045Z/
WRIGHT MN-SHERBURNE MN-
731 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES...
AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ELK RIVER...OR
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELK RIVER AROUND 735 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 196 AND
203.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4543 9351 4524 9352 4522 9353 4524 9377
4542 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 278DEG 33KT 4533 9362
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more | 23 hr |
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.