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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 2015Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 12, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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
Jul 12, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 12.7

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The text

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

364 
WUUS53 KMPX 130159
SVRMPX
MNC067-121-145-130245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0074.150713T0159Z-150713T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 858 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM ST. MARTIN TO NEAR GILCHRIST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
           HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  WESTERN STEARNS...SOUTHEASTERN POPE AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI
  COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...GLENWOOD AIRPORT...
  MEIRE GROVE...LAKE HENRY...SEDAN...PADUA...GEORGEVILLE...ELROSA...
  GREENWALD...SPRING HILL AND GROVE LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND
138.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4568 9473 4542 9477 4533 9475 4531 9477
      4537 9522 4566 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 326DEG 24KT 4551 9467 4552 9536 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

3 follow-up statements

121 
WWUS53 KMPX 130214
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

MNC067-121-145-130245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150713T0245Z/
STEARNS MN-POPE MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
914 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN STEARNS...SOUTHEASTERN POPE AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES...

AT 914 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ROSCOE TO GILCHRIST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MELROSE...BROOTEN...BELGRADE...NEW MUNICH...GROVE LAKE...GREENWALD...
ELROSA...MEIRE GROVE...LAKE HENRY...SPRING HILL...SEDAN AND REGAL.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND
138.
 
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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4568 9473 4542 9477 4533 9475 4531 9477
      4537 9522 4554 9534 4567 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 325DEG 23KT 4545 9461 4546 9530 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

843 
WWUS53 KMPX 130233
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
933 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

MNC121-130242-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150713T0245Z/
POPE MN-
933 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4568 9473 4542 9477 4533 9475 4531 9477
      4542 9512 4567 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 302DEG 24KT 4544 9444 4545 9513 

$$

MNC067-145-130245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150713T0245Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
933 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 932 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COLD SPRING TO NEAR BROOTEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MELROSE...BROOTEN...BELGRADE...NEW MUNICH...GREENWALD...ELROSA...
MEIRE GROVE...LAKE HENRY...SPRING HILL...REGAL...PADUA AND
GEORGEVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND
138.
 
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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4568 9473 4542 9477 4533 9475 4531 9477
      4542 9512 4567 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 302DEG 24KT 4544 9444 4545 9513 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

731 
WWUS53 KMPX 130243
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
943 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

MNC067-145-130251-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150713T0245Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
943 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4568 9473 4542 9477 4533 9475 4531 9477
      4542 9512 4567 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 326DEG 24KT 4544 9444 4545 9513 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	45 min
Jul 12, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	36 min
Jul 12, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	42 min
Jul 12, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	70 min
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	30 min
Jul 12, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Stearns	50 min
Jul 12, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope	48 min
Jul 12, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	44 min
Jul 12, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Sherburne	51 min
Jul 12, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope	33 min
Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	28 min
Jul 12, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	35 min
Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	51 min
Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	81 min
Jul 12, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Isanti, Sherburne	61 min
Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	27 min
Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	51 min
Jul 12, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	29 min
Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	57 min
Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington	57 min
Jul 12, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	26 min
Jul 12, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Washington, Wright	60 min
Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	35 min
Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	57 min
Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	19 min
Jul 12, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	50 min
Jul 13, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	46 min
Jul 13, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	64 min
Jul 13, 1:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	52 min
Jul 13, 2:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	58 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.