Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 12:18 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2018, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
425
WUUS53 KMPX 300518
SVRMPX
MNC153-300600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0080.180630T0518Z-180630T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1218 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Todd County in central Minnesota...
* Until 100 AM CDT.
* At 1217 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bertha, or
29 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving northeast at 30 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...
Staples, Eagle Bend, Bertha and Hewitt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4637 9474 4635 9470 4635 9469 4599 9515
4630 9516 4637 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 215DEG 27KT 4627 9503
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
970
WWUS53 KMPX 300547
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1247 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
MNC153-300600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-180630T0600Z/
Todd MN-
1247 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY...
At 1246 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Staples, or
31 miles west of Brainerd, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Staples, Staples Airport, Bertha and Hewitt.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4637 9474 4635 9470 4635 9469 4627 9480
4615 9514 4630 9516 4637 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 215DEG 27KT 4645 9485
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.