Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2018, 4:03 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
- May 28, 2018, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Prior Lake, MN | |
| May 28, 4:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Eden Prairie Ap, MN | ASOS STATION FCM, EDEN PRAIRIE AP. |
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Wsw Shakopee, 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
685
WUUS53 KMPX 282103
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-139-282130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0026.180528T2103Z-180528T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
403 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Hennepin County in east central Minnesota...
Northeastern Scott County in east central Minnesota...
East central Carver County in east central Minnesota...
* Until 430 PM CDT
* At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Shakopee, or
17 miles southwest of Minneapolis, moving north 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 thunderstorm will be near,
Chaska around 420 PM CDT.
Eden Prairie and Chanhassen around 425 PM CDT.
Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Wayzata around 430
PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Marystown, Flying Cloud Airport, Greenwood, Deephaven, Woodland and
Shorewood.
This includes Mystic Lake Casino.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near a lake in the path of this storm, now is the time to
get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle.
Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent
thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be
struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on
the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4466 9340 4468 9363 4496 9361 4496 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 186DEG 21KT 4476 9349
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETA1 follow-up statement
083
WWUS53 KMPX 282116
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
416 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
MNC019-053-139-282130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-180528T2130Z/
Hennepin MN-Scott MN-Carver MN-
416 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT AND EAST CENTRAL
CARVER COUNTIES...
At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Flying Cloud
Airport, or 13 miles southwest of Minneapolis, moving north at 25
mph. At 4:14 PM a trained weather spotter measured at 62 mph wind
gust 4 miles west of Shakopee.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Excelsior around 425 PM CDT.
Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Wayzata around 430
PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Marystown, Flying Cloud Airport, Greenwood, Deephaven, Woodland and
Shorewood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
If on or near a lake in the path of this storm, get away from the
water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can
strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to
safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4466 9340 4468 9363 4496 9361 4496 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 186DEG 21KT 4483 9348
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:50 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 15 hr |
| May 28, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| May 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 35 min |
| May 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Scott | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 31 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 42 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington, Wright | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 94 min |
| May 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 35 min |
| May 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne | 26 min |
| May 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 36 min |
| May 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 31 min |
| May 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 51 min |
| May 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 38 min |
| May 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 28 min |
| May 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 63 min |
| May 28, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 46 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.