Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 4:41 PM CST for McLeod County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 10 reports 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, 4:41 PM CST (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2017, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 4:41 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Hutchinson, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 4:42 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | 5 Sw Dassel, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 4:42 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Dassel, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 4:45 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | 6 Wnw Winsted, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 4:53 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 Se Dassel, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 4:56 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ese Cokato, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 5:00 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Cokato, MN | . |
| Mar 6, 5:00 PM CST | HAIL 4 | Cokato, MN | WITH PHOTO. |
| Mar 6, 5:15 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ssw Becker, MN | CAR DENTS ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 6, 5:22 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 6 N Howard Lake, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
416
WUUS53 KMPX 062241
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-171-062315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0005.170306T2241Z-170306T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
441 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Wright County in central Minnesota...
Eastern Meeker County in central Minnesota...
Northwestern McLeod County in central Minnesota...
* Until 515 PM CST
* At 440 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Darwin to near Dassel to Hutchinson, 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
Dassel around 445 PM CST.
Cokato around 450 PM CST.
Annandale and Howard Lake around 500 PM CST.
Maple Lake around 505 PM CST.
Montrose and Clearwater around 510 PM CST.
Buffalo and Monticello around 515 PM CST.
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 central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4538 9396 4539 9392 4535 9388 4529 9377
4511 9377 4481 9443 4498 9436 4514 9455
4528 9437 4528 9428 4532 9421 4531 9414
4542 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 227DEG 47KT 4513 9442 4502 9430 4488 9437
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
428
WWUS53 KMPX 062258
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
458 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
MNC085-093-062307-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170306T2315Z/
Meeker MN-McLeod MN-
458 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MEEKER AND
NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4538 9396 4539 9392 4535 9388 4529 9377
4511 9377 4497 9408 4499 9426 4532 9421
4530 9417 4531 9414 4535 9409 4542 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 227DEG 47KT 4528 9419 4517 9407 4503 9414
$$
MNC171-062315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170306T2315Z/
Wright MN-
458 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST
FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...
At 457 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from South Haven to near Rassat to near Smith Lake, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. 1.5 inch hail has been reported in
southwest Wright county.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Annandale around 500 PM CST.
Maple Lake around 505 PM CST.
Montrose and Clearwater around 510 PM CST.
Buffalo and Monticello around 515 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Enfield, Buffalo Airport, Silver Creek, French Lake, Waverly, Rassat,
Hasty, Smith Lake and South Haven.
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 central
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4538 9396 4539 9392 4535 9388 4529 9377
4511 9377 4497 9408 4499 9426 4532 9421
4530 9417 4531 9414 4535 9409 4542 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 227DEG 47KT 4528 9419 4517 9407 4503 9414
HAIL...1.50IN
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, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 43 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.