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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2015Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
Jul 5, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Donnelly, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2015-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 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 2015-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
1489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

375 
WUUS53 KMPX 060030
SVRMPX
MNC121-149-060115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0062.150706T0030Z-150706T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
730 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DONNELLY...
  OR NEAR MORRIS...MOVING EAST 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 BE NEAR...
  CYRUS AROUND 745 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4563 9605 4575 9602 4574 9564 4551 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 273DEG 28KT 4569 9592 

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

TDK
2 follow-up statements
419 
WWUS53 KMPX 060047
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015

MNC121-149-060115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150706T0115Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES...

AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRIS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
  MORRIS AROUND 755 PM CDT.
  CYRUS AROUND 815 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4562 9603 4574 9597 4574 9564 4551 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 293DEG 11KT 4566 9589 

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

TDK
680 
WWUS53 KMPX 060112
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
812 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015

MNC121-149-060120-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150706T0115Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-
812 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND
NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 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...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4562 9603 4574 9597 4574 9564 4551 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 273DEG 28KT 4566 9589 

$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens2 hr
Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more16 hr
Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd64 min
Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift67 min
Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle75 min
Jul 5, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns42 min
Jul 5, 11:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns3 hr
Jul 5, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine117 min
Jul 6, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 2:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet20 min
Jul 6, 3:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWashington2 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.