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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 19, 2017Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2017, 11:24 PM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
Sep 19, 2017, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 19, 11:52 PM CDTHAIL 11 Wnw Morris, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2563 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
2563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
16.8

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The text

As transmitted.

178 
WUUS53 KMPX 200424
SVRMPX
MNC149-151-200500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0193.170920T0424Z-170920T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1124 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stevens County in west central Minnesota...
  Western Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until midnight CDT

* At 1124 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Johnson to near Artichoke to near Marietta,
  moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Artichoke Lake and Lake Oliver around 1130 PM CDT. 
  Chokio around 1135 PM CDT. 
  Lake Hattie around 1140 PM CDT. 
  Appleton and Donnelly around 1145 PM CDT. 
  Morris and Hancock around 1150 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Fish
Lake, Alberta, and Holloway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4577 9601 4576 9577 4539 9575 4515 9587
      4516 9606 4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
      4541 9612 4542 9625 4545 9624 4564 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 241DEG 48KT 4551 9634 4539 9620 4504 9637 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
935 
WWUS53 KMPX 200444
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1144 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

MNC149-151-200500-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0193.000000T0000Z-170920T0500Z/
Stevens MN-Swift MN-
1144 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR STEVENS AND WESTERN SWIFT COUNTIES...

At 1143 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line 
extending from near Fish Lake to Morris to near Correll, moving 
northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Morris and Donnelly around 1150 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Fish
Lake, Alberta, and Holloway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4577 9601 4576 9577 4539 9575 4515 9587
      4516 9606 4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
      4541 9612 4541 9618 4567 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 228DEG 48KT 4569 9609 4557 9595 4522 9612 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle50 min
Sep 19, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine48 min
Sep 19, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens55 min
Sep 20, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift57 min
Sep 20, 12:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker24 min
Sep 20, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine44 min
Sep 20, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift21 min
Sep 20, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Todd33 min
Sep 20, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Morrison45 min
Sep 20, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville39 min
Sep 20, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Redwood35 min
Sep 20, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville43 min
Sep 20, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns49 min
Sep 20, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley30 min
Sep 20, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright38 min
Sep 20, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley34 min
Sep 20, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison56 min
Sep 20, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne45 min
Sep 20, 2:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright48 min
Sep 20, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington69 min
Sep 20, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago33 min
Sep 20, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago26 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.