Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 20, 2017, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 20, 2017, 2:45 AM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

0.88 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Sherburne County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KMPX 200700
SVRMPX
MNC009-059-095-141-200745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0203.170920T0700Z-170920T0745Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Mille Lacs County in east central Minnesota...
  Isanti County in east central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Benton County in central Minnesota...
  Northern Sherburne County in central Minnesota...

* Until 245 AM CDT

* At 200 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Granite Ledge to Duelm to near Clearwater, moving
  northeast at 65 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,
  Foreston around 215 AM CDT. 
  Princeton around 225 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Duelm, Orrock, Glendorado, 
Spencer Brook, Pease, Oak Park, Athens, and Stanchfield.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4573 9351 4573 9314 4556 9314 4541 9315
      4541 9332 4545 9409 4572 9392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 236DEG 55KT 4580 9389 4557 9397 4541 9410 

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

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WWUS53 KMPX 200740
SVSMPX

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

MNC009-059-095-141-200750-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-170920T0745Z/
Mille Lacs MN-Isanti MN-Benton MN-Sherburne MN-
240 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...
ISANTI...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND NORTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 AM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

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

LAT...LON 4573 9351 4573 9314 4556 9314 4541 9315
      4541 9332 4545 9409 4572 9392
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 236DEG 55KT 4612 9320 4589 9329 4573 9342 

$$

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.