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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2017Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2017, 6:09 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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 11, 2017, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2017, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2017-06-11Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2017-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WUUS53 KMPX 111109
SVRMPX
MNC073-151-111145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0051.170611T1109Z-170611T1145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
609 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Lac qui Parle County in west central Minnesota...
  West central Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 645 AM CDT

* At 608 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bellingham,
  or 12 miles south of Ortonville, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  North of Appleton around 625 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include 
Appleton Airport.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 17 and 22.
 U.S. Highway 75 between mile markers 121 and 127.
 U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 136 and 139.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4525 9629 4522 9627 4522 9622 4519 9617
      4520 9611 4524 9610 4524 9612 4526 9612
      4539 9611 4522 9594 4513 9645 4527 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 239DEG 48KT 4513 9638 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine49 min
Jun 11, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift66 min
Jun 11, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine48 min
Jun 11, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville55 min
Jun 11, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood55 min
Jun 11, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright54 min
Jun 11, 7:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker26 min
Jun 11, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Wright52 min
Jun 11, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright55 min
Jun 11, 7:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine109 min
Jun 11, 8:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown45 min
Jun 11, 8:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Morrison, Sherburne40 min
Jun 11, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, McLeod, Scott, Sibley50 min
Jun 11, 8:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet51 min
Jun 11, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott48 min
Jun 11, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti67 min
Jun 11, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington40 min
Jun 11, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Le Sueur, Rice60 min
Jun 11, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Washington28 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue38 min
Jun 11, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd109 min
Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright37 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti33 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright34 min
Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.