Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2018, 2:20 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 6, 2018, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2018, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
832
WUUS53 KMPX 060720
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-173-060815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.180606T0720Z-180606T0815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
220 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lac qui Parle County in west central Minnesota...
Chippewa County in west central Minnesota...
Yellow Medicine County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 315 AM CDT
* At 220 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Graceville to near Albee to Toronto, moving east at
60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
Marietta around 225 AM CDT.
Bellingham around 230 AM CDT.
Madison around 235 AM CDT.
Dawson and Porter around 245 AM CDT.
Milan around 250 AM CDT.
Watson around 255 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Nassau, Asbury, Providence, Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge,
Burr, St. Leo, Gluek and Big Bend City.
This includes Prairies Edge Casino Resort.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9645 4525 9640 4525 9629 4522 9627
4519 9617 4519 9612 4515 9604 4515 9545
4475 9549 4462 9561 4463 9563 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 275DEG 51KT 4556 9643 4507 9650 4459 9666
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
099
WWUS53 KMPX 060746
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
246 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2018
MNC023-073-173-060815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-180606T0815Z/
Lac qui Parle MN-Chippewa MN-Yellow Medicine MN-
246 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR LAC QUI PARLE...CHIPPEWA AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES...
At 246 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Morris to near Cerro Gordo to near Porter,
moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Milan around 250 AM CDT.
Watson around 255 AM CDT.
Montevideo around 300 AM CDT.
Maynard around 315 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Asbury, Providence, Burr, St. Leo, Gluek, Big Bend City, and Hazel
Run.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4525 9629 4522 9627 4519 9617 4519 9612
4515 9604 4515 9545 4475 9549 4462 9561
4463 9563 4463 9645 4495 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 275DEG 51KT 4553 9594 4504 9601 4456 9617
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Stevens, Todd | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.