Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 4:32 PM CST for Faribault County, Martin 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
- Mar 6, 2017, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:57 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 S Frost, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
298
WUUS53 KMPX 062232
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-062315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0004.170306T2232Z-170306T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
432 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Southeastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 515 PM CST
* At 432 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Swea City, or
19 miles southeast of Fairmont, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Elmore around 445 PM CST.
Blue Earth and Frost around 455 PM CST.
Easton and Delavan around 505 PM CST.
Wells around 510 PM CST.
Minnesota Lake around 515 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Baroda
and Brush Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4385 9398 4385 9371 4381 9364 4374 9365
4350 9393 4350 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 219DEG 49KT 4338 9429
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
116
WWUS53 KMPX 062302
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
502 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
MNC091-062311-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170306T2315Z/
Martin MN-
502 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4385 9398 4385 9371 4381 9364 4374 9365
4350 9393 4370 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 219DEG 49KT 4369 9394
$$
MNC043-062315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170306T2315Z/
Faribault MN-
502 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST
FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY...
At 501 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Easton, or 26
miles east of Fairmont, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4385 9398 4385 9371 4381 9364 4374 9365
4350 9393 4370 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 219DEG 49KT 4369 9394
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 60 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 21 min |
| Mar 6, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 20 min |
| Mar 6, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 31 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.