Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2015, 9:52 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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 27, 2015, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 27, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
703
WUUS53 KMPX 280252
SVRMPX
MNC149-280345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.150628T0252Z-150628T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
952 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 952 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSON...OR
14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHEATON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
CHOKIO AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
LAKE HATTIE AROUND 1020 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALBERTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4548 9585 4541 9592 4541 9622 4542 9624
4543 9625 4545 9624 4573 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 322DEG 24KT 4563 9631
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
902
WWUS53 KMPX 280312
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC149-280345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150628T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 1012 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
HATTIE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4548 9585 4541 9592 4541 9622 4542 9624
4543 9625 4545 9624 4562 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 319DEG 28KT 4550 9617
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$711
WWUS53 KMPX 280321
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1021 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC149-280345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150628T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
1021 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 1021 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTICHOKE...
OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4549 9597 4541 9592 4541 9622 4542 9624
4543 9625 4545 9624 4556 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 319DEG 29KT 4543 9610
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$989
WWUS53 KMPX 280334
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1034 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC149-280345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150628T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
1034 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 1034 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTICHOKE...
OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4549 9597 4541 9592 4541 9612 4545 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 310DEG 21KT 4543 9606
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$704
WWUS53 KMPX 280338
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1038 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC149-280347-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150628T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
1038 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4549 9597 4541 9592 4541 9612 4545 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 322DEG 24KT 4543 9606
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 80 min |
| Jun 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 26 min |
| Jun 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 28, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 29 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.