Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2018, 10:12 PM CDT for Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2018, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2018, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 16, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 4001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 519 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 44.2
The text
As transmitted.
451
WUUS53 KMPX 170312
SVRMPX
MNC121-145-170345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0071.180617T0312Z-180617T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1012 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Pope County in west central Minnesota...
Northwestern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 1012 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Padua, or 23
miles southeast of Alexandria, moving east at 25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Sauk Centre, Brooten, Grove Lake, Greenwald, Elrosa, Meire Grove,
Spring Hill, Sauk Centre Airport and Padua.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 126 and 129.
U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 154 and 168.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4550 9520 4568 9523 4575 9492 4553 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 256DEG 23KT 4560 9513
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AMK2 follow-up statements
542
WWUS53 KMPX 170325
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1025 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
MNC121-145-170345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-180617T0345Z/
Pope MN-Stearns MN-
1025 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL POPE AND NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...
At 1024 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Padua, or 25
miles southeast of Alexandria, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Sauk Centre, Greenwald, Elrosa, Meire Grove, Spring Hill, Sauk Centre
Airport and Padua.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4551 9507 4568 9523 4575 9492 4553 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 256DEG 23KT 4562 9502
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AMK462
WWUS53 KMPX 170337
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1037 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
MNC121-145-170347-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-180617T0345Z/
Pope MN-Stearns MN-
1037 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POPE AND
NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
central and west central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4551 9507 4568 9523 4575 9492 4553 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 256DEG 23KT 4564 9491
$$
AMKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Todd | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 8 min |
| Jun 17, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 31 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.