Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2017, 10:51 PM CDT for McLeod County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.
857
WUUS53 KMPX 100351
SVRMPX
MNC085-129-143-100430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0133.170710T0351Z-170710T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1051 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Sibley County in central Minnesota...
Southwestern McLeod County in central Minnesota...
East central Renville County in central Minnesota...
* Until 1130 PM CDT
* At 1050 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stewart, or
10 miles south of Hutchinson, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Brownton around 1055 PM CDT.
Winthrop around 1115 PM CDT.
Gaylord around 1120 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Fernando, Rush River, New Sweden, New Rome, New Auburn and Lake
Marion Regional Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4476 9459 4485 9437 4446 9401 4445 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 331DEG 32KT 4474 9443
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 100418
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
MNC085-129-100428-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-170710T0430Z/
McLeod MN-Renville MN-
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEOD AND EAST
CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4462 9450 4464 9443 4463 9426 4467 9426
4468 9422 4446 9401 4445 9433 4446 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 331DEG 32KT 4452 9426
$$
MNC143-100430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-170710T0430Z/
Sibley MN-
1118 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY...
At 1118 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gaylord, or 17
miles northeast of New Ulm, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
western Sibley County, including the following locations: Rush River,
New Sweden, New Rome and New Auburn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4462 9450 4464 9443 4463 9426 4467 9426
4468 9422 4446 9401 4445 9433 4446 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 331DEG 32KT 4452 9426
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
jrb400
WWUS53 KMPX 100427
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1127 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
MNC143-100437-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-170710T0430Z/
Sibley MN-
1127 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for central and
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4462 9450 4464 9443 4463 9426 4467 9426
4468 9422 4446 9401 4445 9433 4446 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 331DEG 32KT 4447 9422
$$
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, 8:55 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, 9:06 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, 10:55 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.