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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 2015Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2015, 10:32 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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 12, 2015, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2015, 10:58 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 12, 10:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S French Lake, MN	TREE DOWN.
Jul 12, 10:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Dassel, MN	TREE DOWN.

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

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, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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.

320 
WUUS53 KMPX 130332
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-171-130415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0081.150713T0332Z-150713T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1032 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATKINS...
  OR 23 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING EAST 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 BE NEAR...
  KIMBALL AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
  ANNANDALE AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
  MAPLE LAKE AROUND 1105 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FAIRHAVEN...RASSAT...SOUTH HAVEN...FRENCH LAKE AND HASTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4516 9446 4536 9446 4537 9396 4511 9397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 272DEG 31KT 4525 9438 

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

JRB

2 follow-up statements

575 
WWUS53 KMPX 130348
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

MNC093-145-130357-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-150713T0415Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
1048 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4537 9396 4511 9397 4516 9425 4521 9425
      4532 9422 4532 9419 4534 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 272DEG 31KT 4525 9419 

$$

MNC171-130415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-150713T0415Z/
WRIGHT MN-
1048 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY...

AT 1047 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRENCH
LAKE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAPLE LAKE AROUND 1105 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RASSAT...SOUTH HAVEN AND FRENCH LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9396 4511 9397 4516 9425 4521 9425
      4532 9422 4532 9419 4534 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 272DEG 31KT 4525 9419 

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

JRB

389 
WWUS53 KMPX 130358
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

MNC171-130408-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0081.000000T0000Z-150713T0415Z/
WRIGHT MN-
1058 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
FAR SOUTHESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4537 9396 4511 9397 4516 9425 4521 9425
      4532 9422 4532 9419 4534 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 272DEG 31KT 4525 9406 

$$

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	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns	46 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, 10:45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.