Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 1, 2017Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2017, 4:37 PM CDT for Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 1, 2017, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2017-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

632 
WUUS53 KMPX 012137
SVRMPX
MNC131-147-012200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0178.170801T2137Z-170801T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
437 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
  Southern Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 500 PM CDT

* At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Warsaw, or
  near Faribault, moving southeast 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,
  Faribault and Warsaw around 445 PM CDT. 
  Morristown around 450 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Deerfield, Ruskin and Faribault Airport.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 49 and 61.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4416 9341 4419 9341 4420 9345 4429 9354
      4431 9353 4440 9339 4426 9311 4412 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 330DEG 22KT 4432 9340 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
AMK
1 follow-up statement
684 
WWUS53 KMPX 012200
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
500 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017

MNC131-147-012209-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-170801T2200Z/
Steele MN-Rice MN-
500 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEELE AND
SOUTHERN RICE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4416 9341 4419 9341 4420 9345 4429 9354
      4431 9353 4440 9339 4426 9311 4412 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 330DEG 22KT 4420 9330 

$$
AMK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice35 min
Aug 1, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth24 min
Aug 1, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele37 min
Aug 1, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.