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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 18, 2017Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 18, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2017-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2017-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1289 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

205 
WUUS53 KMPX 182054
SVRMPX
MNC073-182145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0180.170818T2054Z-170818T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
354 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Lac qui Parle County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 445 PM CDT

* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marietta, or
  15 miles southeast of Milbank, moving east at 15 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,
  Marietta around 410 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Nassau
and Florida Creek Wildlife Management Area.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 2 and 9.
 U.S. Highway 75 near mile marker 112.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4505 9622 4488 9627 4495 9645 4507 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 286DEG 13KT 4502 9649 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
AMK
1 follow-up statement
181 
WWUS53 KMPX 182134
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
434 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017

MNC073-182145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-170818T2145Z/
Lac qui Parle MN-
434 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...

At 433 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Florida Creek
Wildlife Management Area, or 22 miles northeast of Clear Lake, moving
east at 15 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 Lac qui Parle County, including the following locations:
Florida Creek Wildlife Management Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4505 9622 4488 9627 4493 9641 4506 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 273DEG 12KT 4496 9630 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle27 min
Aug 18, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine31 min
Aug 18, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood35 min
Aug 18, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine38 min
Aug 18, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine25 min
Aug 18, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood30 min
Aug 18, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville37 min
Aug 18, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine4 hr
Aug 18, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood30 min
Aug 18, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown23 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.