Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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 25, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Danube, MN | |
| Jul 25, 5:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Renville, MN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
551
WUUS53 KMPX 252153
SVRMPX
MNC129-252245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0175.170725T2153Z-170725T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
453 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Renville County in central Minnesota...
* Until 545 PM CDT
* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sacred Heart,
or 18 miles northwest of Redwood Falls, moving east at 40 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,
Olivia around 515 PM CDT.
Bird Island around 520 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Bechyn
and Danube.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9504 4489 9475 4466 9473 4468 9531
4469 9532 4470 9538 4486 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 266DEG 35KT 4478 9528
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
160
WWUS53 KMPX 252205
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
505 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
MNC129-252245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-170725T2245Z/
Renville MN-
505 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY...
At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Danube, or 17
miles north of Redwood Falls, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 5 PM, golf ball size hail was
reported in the city of Renville.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Olivia around 515 PM CDT.
Bird Island around 520 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Bechyn
and Danube.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9504 4489 9475 4466 9473 4469 9519
4488 9522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 266DEG 35KT 4479 9512
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$876
WWUS53 KMPX 252221
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
521 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
MNC129-252245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-170725T2245Z/
Renville MN-
521 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY...
At 520 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bird Island, or
21 miles northeast of Redwood Falls, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 5 PM, golf ball size hail was
reported in the city of Renville.
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 north
central Renville County.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4487 9502 4489 9475 4466 9473 4468 9502
4485 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 266DEG 35KT 4480 9489
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$531
WWUS53 KMPX 252236
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
536 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
MNC129-252245-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-170725T2245Z/
Renville MN-
536 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4487 9502 4489 9475 4466 9473 4468 9502
4485 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 266DEG 35KT 4481 9468
$$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, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 38 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.