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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 4, 2020Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2020, 9:30 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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, 2020, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9:47 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 51Canby, MN

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2020-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2020-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

017 
WUUS53 KMPX 050230
SVRMPX
MNC173-050300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0015.200605T0230Z-200605T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
930 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Yellow Medicine County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canby, or 15
  miles east of Clear Lake, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Canby, Porter and Burr. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4480 9645 4480 9640 4463 9602 4462 9603
      4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 288DEG 36KT 4470 9637 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BPH
2 follow-up statements
997 
WWUS53 KMPX 050246
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
946 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

MNC173-050300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200605T0300Z/
Yellow Medicine MN-
946 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...

At 945 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Porter, or 24
miles northwest of Marshall, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Canby, Porter and Burr. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4480 9645 4480 9640 4463 9602 4462 9603
      4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 287DEG 35KT 4466 9619 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BPH
143 
WWUS53 KMPX 050257
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
957 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

MNC173-050307-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-200605T0300Z/
Yellow Medicine MN-
957 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4480 9645 4480 9640 4463 9602 4462 9603
      4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 288DEG 36KT 4463 9605 

$$

BPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle37 min
Jun 4, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine42 min
Jun 4, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood43 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood35 min
Jun 5, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin30 min
Jun 5, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin25 min
Jun 5, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Rice, Scott51 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue40 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.