Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2018, 1:29 AM CDT for Morrison County, Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2018, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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, 1:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Sse Little Falls, MN | MEASURED 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.
| 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
017
WUUS53 KMPX 300629
SVRMPX
MNC097-145-153-300715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0083.180630T0629Z-180630T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
129 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Todd County in central Minnesota...
North central Stearns County in central Minnesota...
Southwestern Morrison County in central Minnesota...
* Until 215 AM CDT.
* At 129 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Flensburg to near Upsala to Melrose, moving east 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...
Little Falls, Melrose, Royalton, Holdingford, Upsala, Swanville,
Grey Eagle, Bowlus, Flensburg, Sobieski, Burtrum and Elmdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4599 9412 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9431
4567 9443 4568 9487 4586 9479 4594 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 257DEG 28KT 4595 9455 4583 9463 4567 9480
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
319
WWUS53 KMPX 300651
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
151 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
MNC153-300701-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-180630T0715Z/
Todd MN-
151 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4599 9412 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9431
4567 9443 4568 9469 4577 9467 4578 9465
4594 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 257DEG 28KT 4599 9433 4587 9441 4571 9458
$$
MNC097-145-300715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-180630T0715Z/
Stearns MN-Morrison MN-
151 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL STEARNS AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES...
At 151 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Little Falls to near Bowlus to near Albany, moving
east 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...
Little Falls, Royalton, Holdingford, Upsala, Swanville, Bowlus,
Flensburg, Sobieski, Elmdale, and Opole.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4599 9412 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9431
4567 9443 4568 9469 4577 9467 4578 9465
4594 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 257DEG 28KT 4599 9433 4587 9441 4571 9458
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, 12:18 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, 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.