Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2017, 12:08 AM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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 22, 2017, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2017, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:10 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Wnw Blue Earth, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
821 WUUS53 KMPX 220508 SVRMPX MNC043-220545- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0086.170622T0508Z-170622T0545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1208 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017 The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Faribault County in south central Minnesota... * Until 1245 AM CDT * At 1208 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Huntley, or 15 miles east of Fairmont, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near, Blue Earth around 1215 AM CDT. Easton around 1240 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Huntley. This includes the following highways... Interstate 90 between mile markers 115 and 133. U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 9 and 17. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 4364 9420 4373 9421 4377 9382 4358 9384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0508Z 271DEG 22KT 4369 9416 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JPC
2 follow-up statements
645 WWUS53 KMPX 220527 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1227 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017 MNC043-220545- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-170622T0545Z/ Faribault MN- 1227 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY... At 1226 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Brush Creek to near Easton to near Huntley, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. These severe storms will be near... Easton around 1245 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 4368 9414 4374 9414 4377 9382 4361 9384 TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 269DEG 31KT 4365 9385 4372 9395 4371 9410 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JPC
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WWUS53 KMPX 220547
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1247 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
MNC043-220557-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-170622T0545Z/
Faribault MN-
1247 AM CDT THU JUN 22 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits and have exited the warned area. Therefore the warning has
been allowed to expire.
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 4368 9414 4374 9414 4377 9382 4361 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 271DEG 22KT 4365 9369 4372 9379 4371 9394
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 37 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.