Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2017, 6:49 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Waterville, MN | TREES BLOWN OVER AND POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME. |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
215
WUUS53 KMPX 022349
SVRMPX
MNC161-030015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0048.170602T2349Z-170603T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
649 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 715 PM CDT
* At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Waseca, or 15
miles west of Owatonna, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Waseca County.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4415 9359 4420 9352 4420 9342 4417 9340
4414 9341 4411 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 241DEG 10KT 4415 9353
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
AMK1 follow-up statement
304
WWUS53 KMPX 030014
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
MNC161-030024-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-170603T0015Z/
Waseca MN-
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4415 9359 4420 9352 4420 9342 4417 9340
4414 9341 4411 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 241DEG 10KT 4418 9345
$$
AMKThe 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, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.