Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2015, 10:16 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125
WUUS53 KMPX 280316
SVRMPX
MNC121-280400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0047.150628T0316Z-150628T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1016 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARBUCK...
OR 16 MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
STARBUCK AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
MINNEWASKA...GILCHRIST AND LONG BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4565 9574 4575 9553 4542 9514 4541 9545
4541 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 325DEG 26KT 4565 9558
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
548
WWUS53 KMPX 280330
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC121-280400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/
POPE MN-
1030 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY...
AT 1030 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
MINNEWASKA...OR 21 MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...LAKE
MINNEWASKA...GILCHRIST AND LONG BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4557 9567 4570 9548 4542 9514 4541 9545
4541 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 320DEG 27KT 4554 9547
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$057
WWUS53 KMPX 280339
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC121-280400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/
POPE MN-
1039 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY...
AT 1038 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILCHRIST...
OR 24 MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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
SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GILCHRIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4555 9561 4562 9542 4542 9514 4541 9545
4541 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 318DEG 32KT 4549 9542
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$781
WWUS53 KMPX 280351
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1051 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
MNC121-280401-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/
POPE MN-
1051 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4555 9561 4562 9542 4542 9514 4541 9545
4541 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 325DEG 26KT 4549 9542
$$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, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 53 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, 10:29 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.