Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2015, 3:59 AM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 20, 2015, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
980
WUUS53 KMPX 200859
SVRMPX
MNC015-127-173-200945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.150620T0859Z-150620T0945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 358 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GHENT TO NEAR WILMONT...MOVING EAST AT 70 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.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WOOD LAKE AROUND 410 AM CDT.
ECHO AROUND 415 AM CDT.
REDWOOD FALLS AROUND 430 AM CDT.
MORTON AROUND 435 AM CDT.
FRANKLIN AROUND 440 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WANDA...REVERE...VESTA...DELHI...MILROY...SEAFORTH...CLEMENTS...NORTH
REDWOOD...BELVIEW AND REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9548 4470 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529
4467 9525 4457 9509 4452 9488 4449 9485
4411 9486 4411 9509 4419 9510 4420 9512
4420 9559 4462 9561 4464 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 264DEG 59KT 4453 9582 4374 9573
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
566
WWUS53 KMPX 200916
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
MNC015-127-173-200945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150620T0945Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
416 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WESTERN BROWN AND REDWOOD
COUNTIES...
AT 416 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ECHO TO NEAR SANBORN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 425 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WANDA...REVERE...VESTA...DELHI...MILROY...SEAFORTH...CLEMENTS...NORTH
REDWOOD...BELVIEW AND REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9548 4470 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529
4467 9525 4457 9509 4452 9488 4449 9485
4411 9486 4411 9509 4419 9510 4420 9512
4420 9559 4462 9561 4464 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 249DEG 51KT 4468 9539 4422 9517
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB609
WWUS53 KMPX 200930
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
MNC015-127-173-200945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150620T0945Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
430 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN REDWOOD
COUNTIES...
AT 430 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF RENVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN REDWOOD
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CLEMENTS...NORTH
REDWOOD...BELVIEW...REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT...DELHI...SANBORN AND
COBDEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9548 4470 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529
4467 9525 4457 9509 4452 9488 4449 9485
4411 9486 4411 9509 4419 9510 4420 9512
4446 9527 4462 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 258DEG 47KT 4470 9522 4424 9500
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB616
WWUS53 KMPX 200938
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
438 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
MNC015-127-173-200947-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150620T0945Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
438 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW
MEDICINE...WESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
445 AM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4476 9548 4470 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529
4467 9525 4457 9509 4452 9488 4449 9485
4411 9486 4411 9509 4419 9510 4420 9512
4446 9527 4462 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 264DEG 59KT 4470 9522 4424 9500
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright | 119 min |
| Jun 20, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.