Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2017, 3:50 PM CDT for 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 19, 2017, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 19, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
500
WUUS53 KMPX 192050
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-192130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0166.170719T2050Z-170719T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
350 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Southeastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 430 PM CDT
* At 350 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East Chain,
or 11 miles southeast of Fairmont, moving east 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Elmore around 405 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wilbert
and East Chain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 9461 4362 9456 4359 9384 4350 9396
4350 9457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 278DEG 45KT 4350 9433
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
019
WWUS53 KMPX 192112 RRA
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
412 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
MNC091-192122-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170719T2130Z/
Martin MN-
412 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4360 9425 4361 9424 4359 9384 4350 9396
4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 278DEG 45KT 4346 9395
$$
MNC043-192130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170719T2130Z/
Faribault MN-
412 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY...
At 412 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rake, or 21
miles northwest of Forest City, moving east 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.
this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Faribault County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4360 9425 4361 9424 4359 9384 4350 9396
4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 278DEG 45KT 4346 9395
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$730
WWUS53 KMPX 192126
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
426 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
MNC043-192136-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-170719T2130Z/
Faribault MN-
426 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4360 9425 4361 9424 4359 9384 4350 9396
4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 278DEG 45KT 4344 9372
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 18 min |
| Jul 19, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.