Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2017, 8:55 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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 9, 2017, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2017, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Gilman, 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 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
908
WUUS53 KMPX 100155
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-100245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0118.170710T0155Z-170710T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Benton County in central Minnesota...
Central Sherburne County in central Minnesota...
* Until 945 PM CDT
* At 855 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Parent, or 9
miles northeast of St. Cloud, moving south at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Clear Lake around 920 PM CDT.
Becker and Clearwater around 925 PM CDT.
Big Lake around 940 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Duelm,
Mayhew, Santiago, Parent, St Cloud Airport and Ronneby.
This includes U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 183
and 206.
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 central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4530 9368 4530 9377 4534 9384 4534 9387
4539 9392 4538 9396 4540 9399 4539 9401
4543 9406 4571 9413 4572 9388
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 343DEG 27KT 4564 9402
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
jrb2 follow-up statements
462
WWUS53 KMPX 100212
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
912 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
MNC009-141-100245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-170710T0245Z/
Benton MN-Sherburne MN-
912 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND CENTRAL SHERBURNE COUNTIES...
At 911 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Duelm, or 14
miles east of St. Cloud, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Becker around 925 PM CDT.
Big Lake around 940 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Duelm
and Santiago.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4530 9368 4530 9377 4534 9384 4534 9387
4539 9392 4538 9396 4560 9403 4565 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 330DEG 28KT 4553 9389
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
jrb911
WWUS53 KMPX 100220
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
920 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
MNC009-141-100230-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-170710T0245Z/
Benton MN-Sherburne MN-
920 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND
CENTRAL SHERBURNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4530 9368 4530 9377 4534 9384 4534 9387
4539 9392 4538 9396 4560 9403 4565 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 343DEG 27KT 4546 9386
$$
jrbThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Scott | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Renville | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 18 min |
| Jul 10, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 35 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.