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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 15, 2019Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2019, 1:30 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 15, 2019, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2019, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 15, 1:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	2 Nnw Blue Earth, MN	MEASURED AT MNDOT RWIS NEAR BLUE EARTH.
Jun 15, 1:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	2 Nnw Blue Earth, MN	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 NNW BLUE EARTH WITH MAXIMUM MEASURED GUST. MEASURED AT MNDOT RWIS NEAR BLUE EARTH.

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 15, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

598 
WUUS53 KMPX 151830
SVRMPX
MNC043-151915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0040.190615T1830Z-190615T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
130 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 130 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Winnebago, or
  15 miles east of Fairmont, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Blue Earth, Winnebago, Minnesota Lake, Easton, Frost, Delavan,
  Huntley and Guckeen.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 113 and 133.
 U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 7 and 24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4360 9425 4382 9425 4385 9407 4385 9384
      4358 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 263DEG 22KT 4372 9418 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

096 
WWUS53 KMPX 151846
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
146 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

MNC043-151915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-190615T1915Z/
Faribault MN-
146 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY...

At 146 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Delavan, or 22
miles east of Fairmont, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Blue Earth, Winnebago, Minnesota Lake, Easton, Frost, Delavan,
Huntley and Guckeen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4360 9425 4376 9422 4381 9408 4385 9384
      4358 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 263DEG 22KT 4373 9404 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

325 
WWUS53 KMPX 151855 CCA
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
155 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

MNC043-151915-
/O.COR.KMPX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-190615T1915Z/
Faribault MN-
155 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY...

At 154 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Delavan, or 25
miles east of Fairmont, moving east at 25 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...
Blue Earth, Winnebago, Minnesota Lake, Easton, Frost, Delavan,
Huntley and Guckeen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4360 9425 4376 9422 4381 9408 4385 9384
      4358 9383
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 268DEG 22KT 4373 9404 

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 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	51 min
Jun 15, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	48 min
Jun 15, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	53 min
Jun 15, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan	39 min
Jun 15, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	64 min
Jun 15, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	41 min
Jun 15, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	39 min
Jun 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	50 min
Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	60 min
Jun 15, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	53 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	47 min
Jun 15, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	49 min
Jun 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	44 min
Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	65 min
Jun 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	24 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.