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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 2, 2017Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2017, 5:40 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 2, 2017, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2017, 6:11 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 12:00Z on 2017-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

105 
WUUS53 KMPX 022240
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-022330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.170602T2240Z-170602T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
540 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 630 PM CDT

* At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Belgrade, or
  19 miles north of Willmar, moving east at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  Belgrade around 550 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Regal,
Lake Henry, Georgeville and Spring Hill.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 8 in Minnesota near mile marker 6.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 140 and 153.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in The Twin Cities.

&&

LAT...LON 4535 9510 4547 9510 4555 9485 4539 9475
      4532 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 263DEG 10KT 4542 9505 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JPC
1 follow-up statement
167 
WWUS53 KMPX 022311
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017

MNC067-145-022321-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-170602T2330Z/
Stearns MN-Kandiyohi MN-
611 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEARNS AND
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4535 9510 4547 9510 4555 9485 4539 9475
      4532 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 263DEG 10KT 4543 9492 

$$

JPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope24 min
Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope23 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod45 min
Jun 2, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi29 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod46 min
Jun 2, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod28 min
Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Renville29 min
Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca26 min

Nearby

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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.