Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 12:05 AM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 2 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
- Jun 30, 2018, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:11 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Wsw Miltona, MN | MPING REPORT. |
| Jun 30, 12:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Osakis, MN | POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN NEAR CR 3 AND BIRD LAKE ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
373
WUUS53 KMPX 300505
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-300600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0079.180630T0505Z-180630T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1205 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Douglas County in west central Minnesota...
Northern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1205 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Garfield to near Holmes City to near Cyrus,
moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Glenwood, Starbuck, Carlos, Brandon, Lowry, Kensington,
Holmes City, Leaf Valley, Miltona, Garfield and Belle River.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4562 9514 4562 9576 4577 9576 4605 9557
4609 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 269DEG 21KT 4598 9550 4578 9555 4563 9568
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
673
WWUS53 KMPX 300522
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1222 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
MNC041-121-300600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-180630T0600Z/
Douglas MN-Pope MN-
1222 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN POPE COUNTIES...
At 1222 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Carlos to near Forada to Starbuck, moving east at
25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Glenwood, Starbuck, Carlos, Lowry, Holmes City, Leaf
Valley, Miltona, Garfield, Belle River, Grove Lake and Villard.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4562 9564 4584 9556 4606 9551 4609 9514
4562 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 269DEG 21KT 4598 9536 4578 9541 4563 9554
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$145
WWUS53 KMPX 300550
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1250 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
MNC041-121-300600-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-180630T0600Z/
Douglas MN-Pope MN-
1250 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN
POPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
central and west central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4562 9564 4584 9556 4606 9551 4609 9514
4562 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 269DEG 21KT 4598 9514 4578 9519 4563 9532
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 18 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Goodhue | 16 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 50 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.