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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 20174 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2017, 12:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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 20, 2017, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 12:48 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelgrade, MNNUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BELGRADE.
Sep 20, 1:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMelrose, MNTREES DOWN AND BUILDING DAMAGE. REPORTS FROM PUBLIC VIA FACEBOOK INCLUDE PHOTOS OF DAMAGE. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Sep 20, 1:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nw Burtrum, MNBOAT AND ATTACHED DOCK ON LONG LAKE DETACHED FROM SHORELINE AND WAS BLOWN INTO ANOTHER DOCK. SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON PROPERTIES ALONG NE SHORELINE. DAMAGE TO ROOF OF HOME. PUBLIC BOAT DOCK BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES. TIME ESTIMATED.

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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

526 
WUUS53 KMPX 200542
SVRMPX
MNC067-121-145-153-200615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0196.170920T0542Z-170920T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1242 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Todd County in central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 115 AM CDT

* At 1242 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Villard to near Brooten to near Pennock, moving
  northeast at 80 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,
  Sauk Centre and Melrose around 1255 AM CDT. 
  Grey Eagle around 105 AM CDT. 
  Freeport around 115 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Westport, St. Rosa, Round Prairie, Grove Lake, Spring Hill, Burtrum,
Padua, Regal, Pleasant Beach and Greenwald.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4605 9465 4578 9465 4543 9474 4515 9524
      4526 9526 4554 9524 4571 9527 4576 9514
      4585 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 226DEG 68KT 4576 9523 4552 9514 4515 9522 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
925 
WWUS53 KMPX 200605
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
105 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

MNC121-200614-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-170920T0615Z/
Pope MN-
105 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN POPE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4605 9465 4578 9465 4543 9474 4517 9520
      4558 9502 4585 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 226DEG 68KT 4604 9481 4581 9472 4544 9480 

$$

MNC067-145-153-200615-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-170920T0615Z/
Todd MN-Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-
105 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD...NORTHWESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

At 104 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Browerville to North Shore to Lake Henry, moving
northeast at 80 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...
  Freeport around 115 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include St.
Rosa, Round Prairie, Spring Hill, Burtrum, Regal, Pleasant Beach, 
Greenwald, Long Prairie Airport, and New Munich.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4605 9465 4578 9465 4543 9474 4517 9520
      4558 9502 4585 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 226DEG 68KT 4604 9481 4581 9472 4544 9480 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
007 
WWUS53 KMPX 200612
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
112 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

MNC067-145-153-200622-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-170920T0615Z/
Todd MN-Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-
112 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD...
NORTHWESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 115 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4605 9465 4578 9465 4543 9474 4517 9520
      4558 9502 4585 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 226DEG 68KT 4613 9467 4590 9458 4553 9466 

$$

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, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift36 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, 12:45 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.