Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 11, 2017, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 2017, 8:15 AM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Possible

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

70.0 mph

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Wright County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

326 
WUUS53 KMPX 111221
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-143-171-111315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0056.170611T1221Z-170611T1315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Wright County in central Minnesota...
  Eastern Meeker County in central Minnesota...
  Northern Sibley County in central Minnesota...
  McLeod County in central Minnesota...

* Until 815 AM CDT

* At 721 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Atwater to 6 miles southwest of Hector, moving east
  at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Litchfield and Stewart around 735 AM CDT. 
  Dassel and Brownton around 745 AM CDT. 
  Glencoe and Annandale around 755 AM CDT. 
  Green Isle around 800 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Litchfield Airport, South Haven, Glencoe Airport, Hutchinson Airport,
Smith Lake, Sumter, Greenleaf, Darwin, Biscay and French Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 99 and 126.
 U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 102 and 126.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing 
widespread wind damage across western Minnesota. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows!

&&

LAT...LON 4532 9439 4528 9436 4528 9427 4531 9425
      4530 9416 4532 9412 4499 9399 4472 9401
      4471 9398 4459 9397 4455 9462 4471 9463
      4472 9450 4501 9451 4533 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 261DEG 52KT 4514 9481 4467 9479 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

jrb

446 
WWUS53 KMPX 111302
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
802 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

MNC085-093-143-171-111315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-170611T1315Z/
Wright MN-Meeker MN-Sibley MN-McLeod MN-
802 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT...NORTHEASTERN MEEKER...NORTHERN SIBLEY AND
MCLEOD COUNTIES...

At 801 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Maple Lake to Norwood Young America, moving east
at 60 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings. 

these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Wright...northeastern Meeker...northern Sibley and
McLeod Counties, including the following locations: Sumter, Biscay,
French Lake, South Haven, Fernando, Plato, Glencoe Airport,
Hutchinson Airport, Smith Lake and New Auburn.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread 
wind damage across western Minnesota. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a 
sturdy structure and stay away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4532 9439 4528 9436 4528 9427 4531 9425
      4530 9416 4532 9412 4499 9399 4472 9401
      4471 9398 4459 9397 4455 9462 4472 9450
      4498 9431 4525 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1301Z 261DEG 52KT 4523 9395 4476 9394 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

jrb

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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.