Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 5:11 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2019, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 4, 5:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Faribault, MN | 8 INCH TREE DOWN, REPORTED BY DISPATCH. |
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 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
545
WUUS53 KMPX 042211
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-079-131-147-161-042245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0028.190604T2211Z-190604T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
511 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
East central Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota...
Steele County in south central Minnesota...
Southwestern Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
Rice County in south central Minnesota...
Northeastern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 510 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nerstrand, or
11 miles east of Faribault, moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, Waseca, Lonsdale, Pine Island,
Zumbrota, Blooming Prairie, Kenyon, Dundas, Medford and Goodhue.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 32 and 74.
U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 164 and 182.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. This storm is producing widespread
wind damage across Rice, Dakota, and Goodhue Counties. SEEK SHELTER
NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows!
&&
LAT...LON 4408 9348 4442 9358 4455 9329 4440 9243
4436 9247 4436 9255 4420 9255 4419 9305
4385 9305 4384 9310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 300DEG 45KT 4429 9306
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Dakota | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele and 1 more | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 87 min |
| Jun 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Scott | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 15 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 4 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.