Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 2, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2017, 6:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County McLeod County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 S Hutchinson, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
293
WUUS53 KMPX 022330
SVRMPX
MNC085-030030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0046.170602T2330Z-170603T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern McLeod County in central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT
* At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hutchinson
Airport, or over Hutchinson, 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,
Silver Lake around 730 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Biscay
and Hutchinson Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
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 4482 9440 4487 9443 4499 9420 4498 9418
4491 9406 4478 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 253DEG 9KT 4485 9438
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
722
WWUS53 KMPX 022354
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
654 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
MNC085-030030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170603T0030Z/
McLeod MN-
654 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY...
At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Biscay, or near
Hutchinson, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
This severe storm will be near...
Silver Lake around 715 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Biscay.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
The Twin Cities.
&&
LAT...LON 4482 9429 4486 9430 4491 9422 4490 9407
4487 9409 4480 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 260DEG 10KT 4485 9427
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC978
WWUS53 KMPX 022358
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
MNC085-030008-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-170603T0030Z/
McLeod MN-
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY 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 4482 9429 4486 9430 4491 9422 4490 9407
4487 9409 4480 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 253DEG 9KT 4485 9426
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 23 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 26 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.