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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 9, 2017Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2017, 9:06 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 9, 2017, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2017, 9:33 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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.

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

346 
WUUS53 KMPX 100206
SVRMPX
MNC067-121-145-100300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0122.170710T0206Z-170710T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
906 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
  West central Stearns County in central Minnesota...
  Northern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 1000 PM CDT

* At 905 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gilchrist, or
  23 miles north of Willmar, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch 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,
  New London around 940 PM CDT. 
  Spicer around 945 PM CDT. 
  Willmar around 950 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Norway
Lake, Green Lake, Sunburg, Willmar Airport and Pennock.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 68 and 73.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 125 and 145.

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 and
west central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4555 9509 4517 9482 4510 9515 4532 9526
      4541 9525 4541 9529 4550 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 335DEG 28KT 4545 9522 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

jrb

1 follow-up statement

562 
WWUS53 KMPX 100233
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
933 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017

MNC067-121-145-100243-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-170710T0300Z/
Pope MN-Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-
933 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE...WEST
CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
west central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4555 9509 4517 9482 4510 9515 4532 9526
      4541 9525 4541 9529 4550 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 335DEG 28KT 4525 9509 

$$

jrb

The 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, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne	25 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, 9:09 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.