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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2017Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 13, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2017, 8:03 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

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 13, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 479 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

902 
WUUS53 KMPX 140030
SVRMPX
MNC149-140115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0075.170614T0030Z-170614T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Stevens County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 815 PM CDT

* At 730 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Donnelly to near Artichoke, moving north at 45
  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,
  Morris around 745 PM CDT. 
  Donnelly around 750 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Alberta, Fish Lake and Morris Airport.

This includes U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 154 and 177.
 
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 200 AM CDT for west central
Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9576 4574 9576 4542 9588
      4541 9623 4542 9625 4544 9625 4545 9624
      4574 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 201DEG 41KT 4575 9604 4547 9613 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

3 follow-up statements

861 
WWUS53 KMPX 140048
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
748 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC149-140115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170614T0115Z/
Stevens MN-
748 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...

At 748 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fish Lake, or
10 miles west of Morris, moving north at 30 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. 

This severe storm will be near...
  Donnelly around 800 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Alberta
and Fish Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9582 4554 9600 4552 9624
      4574 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 185DEG 27KT 4563 9612 

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

BORGHOFF

821 
WWUS53 KMPX 140058
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
758 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC149-140115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170614T0115Z/
Stevens MN-
758 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY...

At 758 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Herman, or 16
miles northwest of Morris, moving north at 45 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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of 
northwestern Stevens County, including the following locations: Fish 
Lake.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9597 4563 9606 4560 9625
      4574 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 183DEG 37KT 4574 9617 

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

BORGHOFF

980 
WWUS53 KMPX 140103
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
803 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC149-140112-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-170614T0115Z/
Stevens MN-
803 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for west central
Minnesota.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4576 9597 4563 9606 4560 9625
      4574 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 201DEG 41KT 4579 9614 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	48 min
Jun 13, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	37 min
Jun 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	41 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	47 min
Jun 13, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Redwood, Renville	62 min
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	58 min
Jun 13, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley	47 min
Jun 13, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault	46 min
Jun 13, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	62 min
Jun 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	45 min
Jun 14, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	43 min
Jun 14, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	50 min
Jun 14, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	52 min
Jun 14, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	47 min
Jun 14, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	36 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.