Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 5, 2015, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
775
WUUS53 KMPX 060403
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-145-060445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0063.150706T0403Z-150706T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1103 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1103 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ST WENDEL TO NEAR FARMING TO ST. MARTIN...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COLLEGEVILLE AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
ST. JOSEPH AND RICE AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
WAITE PARK AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
SARTELL AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
SAUK RAPIDS AND ROCKVILLE AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
ST. CLOUD AND FOLEY AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
RONNEBY...PARENT...OPOLE...OAK PARK...ST. STEPHEN...ST CLOUD
AIRPORT...DUELM...ST WENDEL...ST. MARTIN AND PLEASANT LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND
171.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4571 9377 4558 9390 4548 9395 4548 9493
4555 9466 4577 9438 4581 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 266DEG 35KT 4568 9436 4555 9449 4551 9469
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 060418
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
MNC009-141-145-060445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150706T0445Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1118 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST. STEPHEN TO ST. JOSEPH TO NEAR FARMING...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RICE AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
SARTELL AROUND 1130 PM CDT.
SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK AND FOLEY AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
ST. CLOUD AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
RONNEBY...PARENT...OAK PARK...ST. STEPHEN...ST CLOUD AIRPORT...
DUELM...ST WENDEL...PLEASANT LAKE...GILMAN AND MAYHEW.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND
171.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4571 9377 4558 9390 4548 9395 4550 9460
4562 9445 4577 9429 4581 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 266DEG 35KT 4569 9418 4556 9431 4552 9451
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$957
WWUS53 KMPX 060437
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1137 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
MNC009-141-145-060445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150706T0445Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-
1137 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON
COUNTIES...
AT 1136 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAYHEW TO NEAR SAUK RAPIDS TO NEAR PLEASANT
LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FOLEY AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
RONNEBY...PARENT...OAK PARK...ST CLOUD AIRPORT...DUELM...PLEASANT
LAKE...GILMAN AND MAYHEW.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND
171.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4571 9377 4558 9390 4548 9395 4550 9437
4566 9424 4577 9419 4581 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 265DEG 32KT 4569 9400 4556 9413 4552 9433
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 45 min |
| 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, 11:28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.