Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 2:26 PM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2018, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 29, 2:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sse Eagan, MN | PHOTOGRAPH RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 29, 2:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ssw Eagan, MN | PHOTOGRAPH RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| May 29, 2:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Eagan, MN | PHOTOGRAPH RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, 13 SOLID MINUTES OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN CENTRAL EAGAN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
271
WUUS53 KMPX 291926
SVRMPX
MNC037-053-123-292000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.180529T1926Z-180529T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
226 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Hennepin County in east central Minnesota...
Northwestern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
Southern Ramsey County in east central Minnesota...
* Until 300 PM CDT
* At 226 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eagan, or 9
miles south of St. Paul, moving north at 20 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,
St. Paul Park around 235 PM CDT.
Bloomington and Eagan around 240 PM CDT.
Richfield, South St. Paul and MSP International Airport around 250
PM CDT.
West St. Paul and Mendota Heights around 255 PM CDT.
St. Paul around 300 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Highland
Park, South St Paul Airport, St Paul Battlecreek Regional Park,
Lilydale, Sunfish, Fort Snelling State Park, St Paul Airport, Sunfish
Lake, Mall Of America and South St Paul.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9323 4493 9334 4498 9299 4489 9300
4489 9302 4485 9300 4480 9301 4478 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 170DEG 16KT 4480 9312
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLT2 follow-up statements
124
WWUS53 KMPX 291946
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
246 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
MNC037-053-123-292000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-180529T2000Z/
Hennepin MN-Dakota MN-Ramsey MN-
246 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RAMSEY
COUNTIES...
At 246 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mendota
Heights, or near St. Paul, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Richfield around 250 PM CDT.
St. Paul around 300 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Highland
Park, South St Paul Airport, St Paul Battlecreek Regional Park,
Lilydale, Sunfish, Fort Snelling State Park, St Paul Airport, Sunfish
Lake, Mall Of America and South St Paul.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
The Twin Cities.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9323 4493 9334 4498 9299 4489 9300
4489 9302 4485 9300 4480 9301 4478 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 170DEG 16KT 4488 9314
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLT655
WWUS53 KMPX 292001
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
301 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
MNC037-053-123-292010-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-180529T2000Z/
Hennepin MN-Dakota MN-Ramsey MN-
301 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
east central Minnesota.
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 4476 9323 4493 9334 4498 9299 4489 9300
4489 9302 4485 9300 4480 9301 4478 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 170DEG 16KT 4478 9312
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 29 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 24 min |
| May 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| May 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 31 min |
| May 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 14 hr |
| May 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 33 min |
| May 29, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 40 min |
| May 29, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 29, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 63 min |
| May 29, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 85 min |
| May 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 86 min |
| May 29, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 70 min |
| May 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 84 min |
| May 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Wright | 89 min |
| May 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca, Watonwan | 96 min |
| May 29, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne | 76 min |
| May 29, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 51 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| May 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 23 min |
| May 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 33 min |
| May 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 30 min |
| May 29, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 34 min |
| May 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 27 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.