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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 2017Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2017, 7:37 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2017, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2017, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

989 
WUUS53 KMPX 251237
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-251315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0174.170725T1237Z-170725T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
737 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
  Southeastern Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 815 AM CDT

* At 737 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Faribault
  Airport, or over Faribault, moving east at 25 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,
  Nerstrand around 805 AM CDT. 
  Kenyon around 815 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Ruskin.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 52 and 64.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9338 4439 9335 4442 9296 4419 9298
      4419 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 278DEG 21KT 4433 9329 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

238 
WWUS53 KMPX 251303
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
803 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017

MNC049-131-251315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-170725T1315Z/
Goodhue MN-Rice MN-
803 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTIES...

At 803 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ruskin, or near
Faribault, moving east at 20 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 storm will be near...
  Kenyon and Nerstrand around 815 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Ruskin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4424 9331 4440 9322 4442 9296 4419 9298
      4419 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 279DEG 18KT 4430 9315 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	61 min
Jul 25, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	47 min
Jul 25, 4:03 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 5 more	15 hr
Jul 25, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	27 min
Jul 25, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	28 min
Jul 25, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	44 min
Jul 25, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	45 min
Jul 25, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	2 hr
Jul 25, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	46 min
Jul 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	40 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville	52 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	43 min
Jul 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	46 min
Jul 25, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	46 min
Jul 25, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	40 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.