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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 4, 2017Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2017, 6:20 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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
Sep 4, 2017, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2017-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

970 
WUUS53 KMPX 042320
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-050000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0189.170904T2320Z-170905T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
620 PM CDT MON SEP 4 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 700 PM CDT

* At 620 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Blooming Prairie to near Clarks Grove to Wells,
  moving southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Albert Lea around 625 PM CDT. 
  Hollandale around 630 PM CDT. 
  Hayward, Mansfield and Conger around 635 PM CDT. 
  Glenville around 640 PM CDT. 
  Emmons, London and Twin Lakes around 645 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Kiester, Albert Lea Airport, Myrtle, Baroda, Brush Creek, Walters and
Manchester.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4377 9400 4373 9357 4373 9339 4380 9305
      4350 9305 4350 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 313DEG 40KT 4386 9304 4376 9339 4374 9373 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
813 
WWUS53 KMPX 042332
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
632 PM CDT MON SEP 4 2017

MNC043-047-050000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-170905T0000Z/
Freeborn MN-Faribault MN-
632 PM CDT MON SEP 4 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES...

At 631 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near I 90 Exit 175 to Albert Lea to near Brush Creek,
moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. Scattered reports of damaged power poles 
         were reported earlier in Owatonna. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Hayward around 635 PM CDT. 
  Twin Lakes around 640 PM CDT. 
  Glenville, London and Mansfield around 645 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Kiester, Albert Lea Airport, Myrtle, Baroda, Brush Creek, Walters and
Manchester.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4377 9400 4373 9357 4373 9339 4380 9305
      4350 9305 4350 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 332DEG 37KT 4371 9306 4364 9338 4366 9378 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
293 
WWUS53 KMPX 042359
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
659 PM CDT MON SEP 4 2017

MNC043-047-050009-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0189.000000T0000Z-170905T0000Z/
Freeborn MN-Faribault MN-
659 PM CDT MON SEP 4 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN
FARIBAULT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore the warning will
be allowed to expire.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4377 9400 4373 9357 4373 9339 4380 9305
      4350 9305 4350 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 313DEG 40KT 4350 9275 4343 9307 4345 9347 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison24 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington47 min
Sep 4, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott41 min
Sep 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca46 min
Sep 4, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker, Wright46 min
Sep 4, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey42 min
Sep 4, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott31 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.