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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2017Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2017, 7:38 AM CDT for Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 6 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: Jun 11, 2017, 7:38 AM CDT (12:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2017, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 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 11, 7:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Eden Valley, MN	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN, ON THE COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 11, 7:55 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Cold Spring, MN	POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 11, 8:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wsw Waite Park, MN	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN INCLUDING ONE ON A HOUSE.
Jun 11, 8:05 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kimball, MN	POWER OUT.
Jun 11, 8:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wsw Waite Park, MN	2 LARGE TREES UPROOTED.
Jun 11, 8:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waite Park, MN	LARGE TREES DOWN.

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
Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

022 
WUUS53 KMPX 111238
SVRMPX
MNC145-171-111330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0057.170611T1238Z-170611T1330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Wright County in central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Stearns County in central Minnesota...

* Until 830 AM CDT

* At 737 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from St. Martin to Litchfield, moving northeast 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,
  Waite Park, St. Joseph and Kimball around 755 AM CDT. 
  Clearwater around 810 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Luxemburg, Paynesville Airport, Fairhaven, South Haven, St Augusta,
Hasty, Pleasant Lake, St Nicholas and Roscoe.

This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 160 and
184.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4551 9414 4545 9410 4539 9401 4538 9391
      4524 9426 4528 9427 4528 9438 4532 9439
      4533 9476 4541 9477 4542 9487 4559 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 241DEG 51KT 4549 9466 4513 9450 

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

jrb

3 follow-up statements

646 
WWUS53 KMPX 111255
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-171-111330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-170611T1330Z/
Wright MN-Stearns MN-
755 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...

At 755 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Collegeville to near French Lake, moving northeast at
60 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Waite Park around 800 AM CDT. 
  Clearwater around 810 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Luxemburg, Fairhaven, South Haven, St Augusta, Hasty, Pleasant Lake
and St Nicholas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4551 9414 4545 9410 4539 9401 4538 9391
      4524 9426 4528 9427 4528 9438 4532 9439
      4551 9456 4559 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 241DEG 51KT 4561 9436 4525 9420 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

jrb

975 
WWUS53 KMPX 111317
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-171-111330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-170611T1330Z/
Wright MN-Stearns MN-
817 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...

At 817 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Gilman to Becker, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Wright and southeastern Stearns Counties, including the
following locations: St Augusta, Luxemburg, Hasty and Pleasant Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4551 9414 4545 9410 4539 9401 4538 9391
      4529 9412 4555 9440 4559 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 241DEG 51KT 4575 9400 4539 9384 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

jrb

636 
WWUS53 KMPX 111331
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-171-111340-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-170611T1330Z/
Wright MN-Stearns MN-
831 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until noon CDT for
central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4551 9414 4545 9410 4539 9401 4538 9391
      4529 9412 4555 9440 4559 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1330Z 241DEG 51KT 4583 9380 4547 9364 

$$

jrb

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine	49 min
Jun 11, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Swift	36 min
Jun 11, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	66 min
Jun 11, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	48 min
Jun 11, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville	55 min
Jun 11, 7:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	55 min
Jun 11, 7:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright	54 min
Jun 11, 7:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	26 min
Jun 11, 7:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	55 min
Jun 11, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine	109 min
Jun 11, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	45 min
Jun 11, 8:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Morrison, Sherburne	40 min
Jun 11, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, Sibley	50 min
Jun 11, 8:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	51 min
Jun 11, 8:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	48 min
Jun 11, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	67 min
Jun 11, 8:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Washington	40 min
Jun 11, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice	60 min
Jun 11, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Washington	28 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	38 min
Jun 11, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Douglas, Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd	109 min
Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	37 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	33 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	34 min
Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	33 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.