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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 20174 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2017, 3:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports 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 19, 2017, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 3:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Janesville, MNTWO TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY LINE ROAD.
Jul 19, 3:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGJanesville, MNTREE DOWN.
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 482 Sse Waseca, MNMESONET STATION MN039, WASECA 1SSE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

936 
WUUS53 KMPX 192038
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-131-161-192115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0165.170719T2038Z-170719T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
338 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota...
  Eastern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
  Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
  Southwestern Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 415 PM CDT

* At 338 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Kasota to St. Clair to near Mapleton, moving
  east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Janesville and Pemberton around 345 PM CDT. 
  Waseca, Elysian and Waldorf around 355 PM CDT. 
  Waterville around 400 PM CDT. 
  New Richland around 405 PM CDT. 
  Morristown around 410 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include 
Otisco, Alma City, Smiths Mill and Greenland.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4409 9385 4427 9391 4427 9341 4385 9341
      4385 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 271DEG 51KT 4425 9403 4410 9387 4387 9402 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
740 
WWUS53 KMPX 192111
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
411 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

MNC013-079-131-161-192120-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-170719T2115Z/
Le Sueur MN-Blue Earth MN-Waseca MN-Rice MN-
411 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR...
EASTERN BLUE EARTH...WASECA AND SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
eastern Waseca county.

LAT...LON 4409 9385 4427 9391 4427 9341 4385 9341
      4385 9387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 271DEG 51KT 4424 9340 4409 9324 4386 9340 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood39 min
Jul 19, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan52 min
Jul 19, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown24 min
Jul 19, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan34 min
Jul 19, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin40 min
Jul 19, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn18 min
Jul 19, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue43 min
Jul 19, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca39 min
Jul 19, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn20 min

Nearby

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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.