Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Donnelly, 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.
- 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
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
$$
TDK2 follow-up statements
419
WWUS53 KMPX 060047
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
MNC121-149-060115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150706T0115Z/
STEVENS MN-POPE MN-
747 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTIES...
AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRIS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORRIS AROUND 755 PM CDT.
CYRUS AROUND 815 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4562 9603 4574 9597 4574 9564 4551 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 293DEG 11KT 4566 9589
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TDK680
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
$$
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 75 min |
| Jul 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 117 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 3:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 2 hr |
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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.