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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2018Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 1:50 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 29, 2018, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2018, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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, 6.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

276 
WUUS53 KMPX 291850
SVRMPX
MNC049-291930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0044.180529T1850Z-180529T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
150 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 230 PM CDT

* At 150 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bombay, or 16
  miles northwest of Mantorville, moving north at 15 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,
  Kenyon around 155 PM CDT. 
  Cannon Falls and Stanton around 230 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Hader,
Bombay and Wastedo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9305 4447 9304 4453 9280 4421 9277
      4420 9286 4419 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 168DEG 13KT 4427 9292 

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

JLT
3 follow-up statements
959 
WWUS53 KMPX 291914
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
214 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

MNC049-291930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-180529T1930Z/
Goodhue MN-
214 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY...

At 214 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bombay, or 15
miles northwest of Mantorville, moving north at 15 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...
  Wanamingo around 220 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Hader,
Bombay and Wastedo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9305 4447 9304 4453 9280 4421 9277
      4420 9286 4419 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 178DEG 15KT 4427 9288 

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

JLT
164 
WWUS53 KMPX 291921
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
221 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

MNC049-291930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-180529T1930Z/
Goodhue MN-
221 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY...

At 221 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bombay, or 16
miles northwest of Mantorville, moving north at 15 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
southwestern Goodhue County, including the following locations:
Hader, Bombay and Wastedo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9305 4447 9304 4453 9280 4421 9277
      4420 9286 4419 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 168DEG 13KT 4429 9289 

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

JLT
523 
WWUS53 KMPX 291928
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
228 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

MNC049-291938-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-180529T1930Z/
Goodhue MN-
228 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
                
The storms 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 small 
hail, up to nickel size, gusty winds of 50 to 55 mph, are still 
possible with these thunderstorms.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4440 9305 4447 9304 4453 9280 4421 9277
      4420 9286 4419 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 168DEG 13KT 4431 9289 

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton29 min
May 28, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns24 min
May 28, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns31 min
May 28, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs43 min
May 28, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine34 min
May 28, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa31 min
May 28, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle37 min
May 29, 3:03 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more14 hr
May 29, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood33 min
May 29, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood40 min
May 29, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine49 min
May 29, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue63 min
May 29, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa3 hr
May 29, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Todd85 min
May 29, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood86 min
May 29, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey34 min
May 29, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington70 min
May 29, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Sibley84 min
May 29, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue61 min
May 29, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Wright89 min
May 29, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca, Watonwan96 min
May 29, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti, Sherburne76 min
May 29, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti33 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod32 min
May 29, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs37 min
May 29, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs51 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright34 min
May 29, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott23 min
May 29, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele24 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet33 min
May 29, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWatonwan30 min
May 29, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn24 min
May 29, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin34 min
May 29, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin27 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.