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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2019Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine 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 20, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2019, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 20, 4:46 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Echo, MN	PHOTO SENT VIA TWITTER.
Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Ssw Belview, MN	FIREFIGHTER SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING OVER THEIR HOME.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

917 
WUUS53 KMPX 202145
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-202230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.190620T2145Z-190620T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
445 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southeastern Yellow Medicine County in west central Minnesota...
  West central Renville County in central Minnesota...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Echo, or 14
  miles west of Redwood Falls, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central Redwood, southeastern Yellow Medicine and west
  central Renville Counties, including the following locations...
  Delhi and Belview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4454 9545 4466 9548 4469 9516 4455 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 263DEG 17KT 4462 9539 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

2 follow-up statements

712 
WWUS53 KMPX 202201
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
501 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

MNC173-202210-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-190620T2230Z/
Yellow Medicine MN-
501 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4469 9516 4455 9514 4454 9536 4467 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 263DEG 17KT 4463 9529 

$$

MNC127-129-202230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-190620T2230Z/
Redwood MN-Renville MN-
501 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL REDWOOD AND WEST CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTIES...

At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Echo, or 10
miles northwest of Redwood Falls, moving east at 20 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central Redwood and west central Renville Counties, including the
following locations... Delhi and Belview.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4469 9516 4455 9514 4454 9536 4467 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 263DEG 17KT 4463 9529 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

065 
WWUS53 KMPX 202221
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
521 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

MNC127-129-202230-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-190620T2230Z/
Redwood MN-Renville MN-
521 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL REDWOOD AND WEST
CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A tornado warning remains in effect for Redwood county for a storm 
approximately 5 miles southwest of Redwood Falls.

LAT...LON 4469 9516 4455 9514 4454 9536 4467 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 263DEG 17KT 4464 9516 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	26 min
Jun 20, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	35 min
Jun 20, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Yellow Medicine	33 min
Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	50 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Redwood	29 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	36 min
Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Redwood	23 min
Jun 20, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown	50 min
Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood	20 min
Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown	33 min
Jun 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	46 min
Jun 20, 6:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	3 hr
Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Watonwan	32 min
Jun 20, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Watonwan	29 min
Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Watonwan	34 min

Nearby

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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.