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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 2017Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2017, 1:02 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 20, 2017, 1:02 AM CDT (06:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2017, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 20, 1:16 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Nw Cosmos, MN6 DIAMETER TREE LIMB SNAPPED & WAS BLOCKING ROAD.

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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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

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The text

As transmitted.

876 
WUUS53 KMPX 200602
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-129-200645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0197.170920T0602Z-170920T0645Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Meeker County in central Minnesota...
  Eastern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Renville County in central Minnesota...

* Until 145 AM CDT

* At 101 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Spicer to Blomkest to near Bechyn, moving east
  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,
  New London and Spicer around 105 AM CDT. 
  Atwater and Cosmos around 120 AM CDT. 
  Grove City around 125 AM CDT. 
  Litchfield and Watkins around 135 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include 
Kandiyohi, Strout, Thorpe, Corvuso, Blomkest, Lake Lillian, 
Greenleaf, Green Lake and Danube.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4524 9507 4534 9477 4533 9476 4532 9439
      4528 9438 4498 9450 4485 9450 4478 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0601Z 250DEG 46KT 4520 9499 4495 9503 4473 9510 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
028 
WWUS53 KMPX 200630
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-129-200645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-170920T0645Z/
Meeker MN-Kandiyohi MN-Renville MN-
130 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR MEEKER...SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI AND NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE
COUNTIES...

At 130 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Watkins to near Strout to near Lakeside, moving
east 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...
  Watkins around 135 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include 
Greenleaf, Strout, Hawick, Thorpe, Manannah, Corvuso, Lake Koronis 
Regional Park, Cedar Mills and Forest City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4534 9477 4533 9476 4532 9439 4528 9438
      4498 9450 4485 9450 4480 9498 4531 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 250DEG 46KT 4532 9451 4507 9455 4485 9462 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
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, 11:24 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, 12:42 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, 1:11 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.