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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2018Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2018, 1:53 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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: May 25, 2018, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2018, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

025 
WUUS53 KMPX 251853
SVRMPX
MNC121-251930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0015.180525T1853Z-180525T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
153 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Pope County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 230 PM CDT

* At 153 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Farwell, or
  14 miles northeast of Morris, moving southeast at 35 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 be near,
  Starbuck and Lowry around 205 PM CDT. 
  Glenwood around 220 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Farwell,
Long Beach and Lake Minnewaska.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9576 4576 9526 4549 9542 4562 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 294DEG 29KT 4569 9564 

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

jrb

3 follow-up statements

158 
WWUS53 KMPX 251907
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
207 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

MNC121-251930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180525T1930Z/
Pope MN-
207 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY...

At 207 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lowry, or 17
miles east of Morris, moving east at 25 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...
  Starbuck and Lowry around 210 PM CDT. 
  Glenwood around 230 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Farwell,
Long Beach and Lake Minnewaska.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9569 4576 9526 4553 9540 4564 9569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 279DEG 23KT 4567 9557 

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

jrb

783 
WWUS53 KMPX 251920
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

MNC121-251930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180525T1930Z/
Pope MN-
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL POPE COUNTY...

At 220 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake
Minnewaska, or 19 miles south of Alexandria, moving southeast at 35
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 north
central Pope County, including the following locations: Long Beach
and Lake Minnewaska.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4572 9559 4571 9529 4553 9540 4563 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 294DEG 29KT 4563 9543 

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

jrb

091 
WWUS53 KMPX 251930
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
230 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

MNC121-251938-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-180525T1930Z/
Pope MN-
230 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL POPE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4572 9559 4571 9529 4553 9540 4563 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 294DEG 29KT 4561 9536 

$$

jrb

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	39 min
May 24, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	50 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	33 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Washington	47 min
May 24, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice	42 min
May 24, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	29 min
May 24, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	33 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	28 min
May 25, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	30 min
May 25, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	24 min
May 25, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	32 min
May 25, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	23 min
May 25, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	50 min
May 25, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	48 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	42 min
May 25, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	37 min
May 25, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	28 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	42 min
May 25, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	36 min
May 25, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	36 min
May 25, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	43 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	57 min
May 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	43 min
May 25, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	25 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.