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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 2019Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 12:27 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2019, 12:27 PM CDT (17:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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°0°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.

538 
WUUS53 KMPX 041727
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-041800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0008.190604T1727Z-190604T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1227 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Douglas County in west central Minnesota...
  Western Pope County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 100 PM CDT.

* At 1227 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lowry, or 16
  miles southwest of Alexandria, moving east at 20 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...
  Alexandria, Glenwood, Starbuck, Lowry, Cyrus, Holmes City, Forada,
  Farwell, Long Beach, Lake Minnewaska and Lake Emily.

This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 97 and
105.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4580 9524 4543 9551 4558 9575 4559 9576
      4567 9576 4590 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 287DEG 18KT 4569 9555 

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

CTG

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, 12:35 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, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.