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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2015Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 7:33 PM CDTHAIL 1E Elk River, MNPICTURE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 750 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2015-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
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

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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
 
$$

DWE
1 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
 
$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver23 min
Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Sibley36 min
Jun 9, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka37 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin28 min
Jun 9, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet, Sibley23 min
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington31 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur41 min
Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele, Waseca36 min
Jun 9, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca54 min
Jun 10, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more23 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.