Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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 17, 10:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Willmar, MN | MEDIUM SIZE TREE TOPPLED. |
| Jul 17, 10:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Willmar, MN |
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 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943
WUUS53 KMPX 180330
SVRMPX
MNC023-067-093-145-180415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.150718T0330Z-150718T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1030 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BELGRADE TO NEAR PENNOCK TO GLUEK...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WILLMAR AND BELGRADE AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
NEW LONDON AND SPICER AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
PAYNESVILLE...RAYMOND AND PRINSBURG AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
ATWATER AROUND 1055 PM CDT.
RICHMOND AND GROVE CITY AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
LITCHFIELD AND COLD SPRING AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
ROCKVILLE AND COSMOS AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...FOREST CITY...GEORGEVILLE...KANDIYOHI...SVEA...HAWICK...LAKE
KORONIS REGIONAL PARK...NORWAY LAKE...WILLMAR AIRPORT AND LAKE
LILLIAN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 105.
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 147.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9541 4516 9512 4541 9515 4542 9513
4546 9512 4547 9419 4519 9431 4489 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 267DEG 40KT 4543 9503 4517 9514 4496 9550
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
450
WWUS53 KMPX 180358
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1058 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
MNC023-180408-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150718T0415Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
1058 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4490 9520 4522 9502 4546 9512 4547 9419
4519 9431 4489 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 280DEG 35KT 4546 9478 4520 9471 4494 9494
$$
MNC067-093-145-180415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-150718T0415Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
1058 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN STEARNS...MEEKER AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 1058 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LAKE HENRY TO NEAR GROVE CITY TO NEAR LAKE LILLIAN...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GROVE CITY AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
LITCHFIELD...COLD SPRING...RICHMOND...EDEN VALLEY AND COSMOS AROUND
1115 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...FOREST CITY...GEORGEVILLE...KANDIYOHI...SVEA...HAWICK...LAKE
KORONIS REGIONAL PARK...LAKE LILLIAN...LUXEMBURG AND MANANNAH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 105.
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 147.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9520 4522 9502 4546 9512 4547 9419
4519 9431 4489 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 280DEG 35KT 4546 9478 4520 9471 4494 9494
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 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 61 min |
| Jul 17, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca, Washington | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 63 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.