Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2017, 12:05 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 10, 2017, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2017, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.
366
WUUS53 KMPX 100505
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-091-100545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0139.170710T0505Z-170710T0545Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1205 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Northeastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
Southern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 1245 AM CDT
* At 1205 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from St. Clair to near Amboy to near Truman, moving
southeast at 50 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,
Mapleton around 1215 AM CDT.
Winnebago and Delavan around 1220 AM CDT.
Minnesota Lake and Easton around 1225 AM CDT.
Blue Earth and Wells around 1230 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Huntley and Brush Creek.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between mile markers 116 and 135.
U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 6 and 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, 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 south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4383 9437 4389 9436 4395 9422 4413 9396
4409 9393 4383 9377 4377 9373 4366 9374
4357 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 307DEG 46KT 4410 9387 4392 9413 4386 9443
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETA1 follow-up statement
783
WWUS53 KMPX 100525
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1225 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2017
MNC091-100534-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-170710T0545Z/
Martin MN-
1225 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4370 9416 4382 9418 4398 9386 4383 9377
4377 9373 4366 9374 4357 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 318DEG 42KT 4389 9370 4371 9396 4365 9426
$$
MNC013-043-100545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-170710T0545Z/
Faribault MN-Blue Earth MN-
1225 AM CDT MON JUL 10 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR FARIBAULT AND SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES...
At 1224 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Waldorf to near Easton to Guckeen, moving
southeast at 50 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, 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 south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4370 9416 4382 9418 4398 9386 4383 9377
4377 9373 4366 9374 4357 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 318DEG 42KT 4389 9370 4371 9396 4365 9426
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETAThe 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, 10:51 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, 12:45 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.