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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2018, 5:59 PM CDT for Anoka County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2018, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anoka County, MN, Isanti County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.
840
WUUS53 KMPX 282259
SVRMPX
MNC003-059-282330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0031.180528T2259Z-180528T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
559 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Anoka County in east central Minnesota...
Southeastern Isanti County in east central Minnesota...
* Until 630 PM CDT
* At 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Athens, or
near Cambridge, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Cambridge and Isanti around 605 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Spring
Lake, Weber, Oak Grove, Bodum, Athens, Bethel, Cambridge Airport and
Cedar.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4559 9314 4555 9314 4555 9303 4552 9302
4526 9302 4529 9331 4533 9340 4561 9335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 187DEG 22KT 4544 9323
HAIL...1.50IN
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, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 27 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.