Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2015, 10:41 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 17, 2015, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
818
WUUS53 KMPX 180341
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-180415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0099.150718T0341Z-150718T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1041 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1041 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SACRED HEART TO NEAR HANLEY FALLS TO NEAR ST.
LEO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SACRED HEART AND WOOD LAKE AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
RENVILLE AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
ECHO AROUND 1055 PM CDT.
OLIVIA AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
BIRD ISLAND AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MINNESOTA FALLS...VESTA...SPELLMAN LAKE...GRANITE FALLS AIRPORT...
BECHYN...DANUBE...BELVIEW AND DELHI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 81.
U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 91.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 106.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4468 9618 4472 9564 4478 9553 4477 9549
4489 9548 4489 9476 4455 9517 4447 9559
4463 9561 4463 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 298DEG 32KT 4484 9531 4470 9557 4466 9601
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KMPX 180356
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1056 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
MNC127-129-173-180415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-150718T0415Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-REDWOOD MN-
1056 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 1054 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLIVIA TO NEAR DELHI TO NEAR COTTONWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 1050 PM...58 MPH WIND GUSTS WERE MEASURED
AT GRANITE FALLS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
OLIVIA AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
BIRD ISLAND AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MINNESOTA FALLS...VESTA...GRANITE FALLS AIRPORT...BECHYN...DANUBE...
BELVIEW AND DELHI.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 81.
U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 88.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 106.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4472 9564 4478 9553 4477 9549 4489 9548
4489 9476 4455 9517 4447 9559 4463 9561
4463 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 292DEG 34KT 4482 9503 4463 9522 4453 9565
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 45 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 |
Nearby
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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.