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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 370
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 29, 2015, 1:57 PM CDT for 38 counties in Minnesota; 25 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2015, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 9:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 63 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Adams County, WI, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Portage County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 38 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 12:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Carlton, Carver, Chisago and 21 more | 84 min |
| Jun 29, 4:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 33 more | 86 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2015Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2015
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.