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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 20175 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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
Sep 20, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2017, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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
Sep 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

743 
WUUS53 KMPX 200615
SVRMPX
MNC015-103-127-129-143-200645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0199.170920T0615Z-170920T0645Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Western Sibley County in central Minnesota...
  Northern Brown County in south central Minnesota...
  Renville County in central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Nicollet County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 145 AM CDT

* At 115 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Bird Island to Franklin to near Springfield, moving
  east at 50 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,
  Fairfax around 125 AM CDT. 
  Sleepy Eye and Hector around 130 AM CDT. 
  Gibbon and Buffalo Lake around 135 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include 
Bechyn, Essig, Clements, Danube, St George, Lakeside, Cobden and 
Evan.

This includes  Jackpot Junction Casino.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4427 9514 4446 9507 4480 9514 4486 9450
      4436 9450 4429 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 259DEG 44KT 4476 9494 4453 9490 4429 9495 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
015 
WWUS53 KMPX 200631
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-200641-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-170920T0645Z/
Redwood MN-
131 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD 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
south central, central and southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4430 9486 4450 9487 4452 9488 4481 9498
      4486 9450 4436 9450 4429 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 259DEG 44KT 4479 9470 4456 9466 4432 9471 

$$

MNC015-103-129-143-200645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-170920T0645Z/
Sibley MN-Brown MN-Renville MN-Nicollet MN-
131 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN SIBLEY...NORTHEASTERN BROWN...EASTERN RENVILLE AND
NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES...

At 131 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hector to near Fairfax to Sleepy Eye, moving east
at 50 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...
  Buffalo Lake around 135 AM CDT. 
  Gibbon around 140 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Essig,
St George, Lakeside and Evan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4430 9486 4450 9487 4452 9488 4481 9498
      4486 9450 4436 9450 4429 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 259DEG 44KT 4479 9470 4456 9466 4432 9471 

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, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville43 min
Sep 20, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.