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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 18, 2017Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2017-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2017-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

419 
WUUS53 KMPX 182315
SVRMPX
MNC127-182345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0185.170818T2315Z-170818T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 645 PM CDT

* At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
  of Marshall, moving southeast at 40 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,
  Walnut Grove around 640 PM CDT. 

This includes U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 44 and 54.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9559 4419 9534 4419 9540 4420 9541
      4420 9560 4421 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 306DEG 35KT 4435 9573 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
AMK
1 follow-up statement
239 
WWUS53 KMPX 182345
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-182355-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-170818T2345Z/
Redwood MN-
645 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4437 9559 4419 9534 4419 9540 4420 9541
      4420 9560 4421 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 306DEG 35KT 4418 9541 

$$
AMK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle51 min
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, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown23 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.