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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 20196 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 4:13 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 22 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 4, 2019, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Henderson, MNTREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 169 BLOCKING ONE SOUTHBOUND LANE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 591 N Belle Plaine, MNAT HWY 25 AND SCENIC BYWAY.
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 591 N Belle Plaine, MNAT HWY 25 AND SCENIC BYWAY.
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Union Hill, MNVIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Jun 4, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Union Hill, MNVIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Jun 4, 4:16 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ene Henderson, MNPOWER LINES DOWN AT HWY 19 AND 271ST AVE.
Jun 4, 4:17 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 85Union Hill, MNVIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Jun 4, 4:17 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 85Union Hill, MNVIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Jun 4, 4:18 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Belle Plaine, MNPOWER LINES DOWN - IAGO BLVD.
Jun 4, 4:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 853 Ene Henderson, MNNEAR HWY 169 AND 19 INTERSECTION. VIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Jun 4, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGUnion Hill, MNBARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
Jun 4, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGUnion Hill, MNBARN ROOF BLOWN OFF.
Jun 4, 4:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw New Prague, MNTREE DOWN ON RAILROAD TRACKS.
Jun 4, 4:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Se Belle Plaine, MNTREE AND LIMBS DOWN; ROOF BLOWN OFF SHED.
Jun 4, 4:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 Nw New Prague, MNSPOTTER CALLED REPORTING HAIL BETWEEN PING PONG BALL AND GOLF BALL SIZED.
Jun 4, 4:26 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 E New Prague, MNROAD SIGN BLOWN DOWN AT HWY 13 AND 19 INTERSECTION.
Jun 4, 4:28 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Jordan, MNTREES DOWN AT 200TH ST. AND HARLOW.
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Belle Plaine, MNNUMEROUS 1 INCH BRANCHES AND A FEW LARGER BRANCHES ABOUT 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN IN BELLE PLAINE.
Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 645 Sw Prior Lake, MN.
Jun 4, 4:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 645 Sw Prior Lake, MN
Jun 4, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne New Prague, MNSPORADIC TREE DAMAGE VARYING IN SIZE UP TO 8 INCH IN DIAMETER. OUTHOUSE TIPPED OVER.
Jun 4, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHeidelberg, MN16IN DIAMETER PINE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 4, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

050 
WUUS53 KMPX 042113
SVRMPX
MNC019-079-103-131-139-143-042145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0022.190604T2113Z-190604T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
413 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota...
  Eastern Sibley County in central Minnesota...
  Scott County in east central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Rice County in south central Minnesota...
  Southern Carver County in east central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Nicollet County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 413 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Henderson, or
  26 miles north of Mankato, moving east at 45 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...
  Shakopee, Chaska, Prior Lake, Waconia, New Prague, Belle Plaine,
  Jordan, Le Sueur, Carver, Lonsdale, Norwood Young America and
  Montgomery.

This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 73 and 84.
 
This includes  Mystic Lake Casino.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4443 9413 4472 9403 4472 9401 4477 9401
      4489 9397 4473 9343 4435 9339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 274DEG 40KT 4453 9384 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ETA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas26 min
Jun 4, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas37 min
Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas31 min
Jun 4, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens29 min
Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd24 min
Jun 4, 12:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens21 min
Jun 4, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope33 min
Jun 4, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns25 min
Jun 4, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift34 min
Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns34 min
Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa30 min
Jun 4, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns51 min
Jun 4, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa24 min
Jun 4, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns46 min
Jun 4, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine43 min
Jun 4, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi23 min
Jun 4, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne52 min
Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker32 min
Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley40 min
Jun 4, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville50 min
Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley28 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley41 min
Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley32 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington51 min
Jun 4, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota49 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine27 min
Jun 4, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Scott26 min
Jun 4, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele and 1 more28 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle87 min
Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine37 min
Jun 4, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Scott31 min
Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue27 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca34 min
Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue15 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington33 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue33 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca25 min
Jun 4, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood38 min
Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele33 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn31 min
Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue45 min
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Sibley28 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown25 min
Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine36 min
Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet34 min
Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin14 min
Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine4 hr

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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.