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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2018Carver County, McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2018, 6:21 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2018, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Norwood/Young Amer, MNPOWER LINES DOWN.
May 24, 6:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 612 Wsw Plato, MNGLENCOE AIRPORT GUSTED TO 61 MPH.
May 24, 6:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaconia, MNPOWER LINES DOWN.

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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 2018-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 284 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 2018-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

646 
WUUS53 KMPX 242321
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-143-250000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0006.180524T2321Z-180525T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
621 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Sibley County in central Minnesota...
  East central McLeod County in central Minnesota...
  Carver County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 700 PM CDT

* At 620 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lester Prairie to Plato to near Glencoe
  Airport, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Norwood Young America, Mayer and Green Isle around 635 PM CDT. 
  Waconia and Cologne around 650 PM CDT. 
  Minnetrista around 700 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Lake
Waconia, Hollywood, Plato, New Germany, Hamburg and Glencoe Airport.

This includes U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 121 and 126.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4470 9417 4495 9407 4493 9377 4489 9376
      4489 9369 4472 9369 4464 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 277DEG 23KT 4491 9403 4478 9405 4469 9411 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec51 min
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine23 min
May 24, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville27 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville24 min
May 24, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville47 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver43 min
May 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott29 min
May 24, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.