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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2015Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2015, 5:40 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2015, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2015, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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.

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 22, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

792 
WUUS53 KMPX 221040
SVRMPX
MNC047-147-161-221130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0039.150622T1040Z-150622T1130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
540 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT

* AT 539 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
  RICHLAND...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF ALBERT LEA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLENDALE AND GENEVA AROUND 555 AM CDT.
  HOLLANDALE AROUND 600 AM CDT.
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 615 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIXBY...
HOPE AND STEELE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 35.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4383 9356 4396 9351 4402 9305 4373 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1039Z 278DEG 31KT 4386 9346 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

1 follow-up statement

335 
WWUS53 KMPX 221105
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
605 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

MNC161-221113-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150622T1130Z/
WASECA MN-
605 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
HOWEVER...ANOTHER STORM IS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND A WARNING 
IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4380 9336 4397 9336 4402 9305 4373 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 278DEG 31KT 4383 9317 

$$

MNC047-147-221130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150622T1130Z/
STEELE MN-FREEBORN MN-
605 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN STEELE AND NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTIES...

AT 603 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 615 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIXBY...
HOPE AND STEELE CENTER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 34.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4380 9336 4397 9336 4402 9305 4373 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 278DEG 31KT 4383 9317 

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

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	22 min
Jun 22, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	24 min
Jun 22, 4:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	39 min
Jun 22, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca, Watonwan	36 min
Jun 22, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	34 min
Jun 22, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	50 min
Jun 22, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Waseca	26 min
Jun 22, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	112 min
Jun 22, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	52 min
Jun 22, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood	41 min
Jun 22, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 4 more	45 min
Jun 22, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	25 min
Jun 22, 6:22 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more	5 hr
Jun 22, 6:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	22 min
Jun 22, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	59 min
Jun 22, 7:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	47 min
Jun 22, 7:16 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 14 more	4 hr
Jun 22, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	23 min
Jun 22, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	33 min
Jun 22, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.