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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 2018Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 1:06 AM CDT for Morrison 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
Jun 30, 2018, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2018, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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
Jun 30, 1:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSwanville, MNPOWER LINE BLOWN DOWN.
Jun 30, 1:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Little Falls, MNPOWER LINE BLOWN DOWN.
Jun 30, 1:55 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 612 Sse Little Falls, MNMEASURED AT LITTLE FALLS AIRPORT.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3333 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

647 
WUUS53 KMPX 300606
SVRMPX
MNC097-300645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0082.180630T0606Z-180630T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
106 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Morrison County in central Minnesota...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 106 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Motley to Randall to Burtrum, moving northeast
  at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Little Falls, Motley, Randall, Swanville, Flensburg, Camp Ripley, 
  Cushing, Sobieski, Harding, Camp Ripley Junction and Crow Wing 
  State Park.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4631 9455 4631 9451 4633 9443 4630 9436
      4627 9434 4623 9440 4618 9437 4616 9437
      4616 9398 4599 9413 4583 9464 4635 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 242DEG 48KT 4632 9457 4610 9451 4587 9472 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
420 
WWUS53 KMPX 300633
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
133 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

MNC097-300645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-180630T0645Z/
Morrison MN-
133 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...

At 132 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Merrifield to South Long Lake to near Camp Ripley
Junction, moving northeast at 55 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Little Falls, Randall, Flensburg, Camp Ripley, Harding, Camp Ripley
Junction and Crow Wing State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4633 9443 4630 9436 4627 9434 4623 9440
      4618 9437 4616 9437 4616 9398 4599 9413
      4593 9464 4613 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 242DEG 48KT 4648 9414 4626 9408 4603 9429 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd50 min
Jun 29, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 min
Jun 30, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope55 min
Jun 30, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd42 min
Jun 30, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Todd47 min
Jun 30, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison45 min
Jun 30, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd46 min
Jun 30, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns43 min
Jun 30, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs33 min
Jun 30, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Martin18 hr
Jun 30, 2:54 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXGoodhue16 hr
Jun 30, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn50 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.