Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2020, 10:37 PM CDT for Benton County, Morrison County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
- Aug 22, 2020, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2020, 11:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1416 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
607
WUUS53 KMPX 230337
SVRMPX
MNC009-097-145-230430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0152.200823T0337Z-200823T0430Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1037 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Benton County in central Minnesota...
Northeastern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
Southwestern Morrison County in central Minnesota...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 1037 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bowlus, or
13 miles southwest of Little Falls, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Bowlus around 1045 PM CDT.
Royalton around 1100 PM CDT.
Rice around 1120 PM CDT.
Sartell around 1130 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include St
Wendel, Opole, St. Stephen and Elmdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4573 9468 4588 9455 4583 9408 4558 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 291DEG 18KT 4580 9448
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Borghoff3 follow-up statements
900
WWUS53 KMPX 230347
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1047 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
MNC009-097-145-230430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-200823T0430Z/
Benton MN-Stearns MN-Morrison MN-
1047 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON...NORTHEASTERN STEARNS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MORRISON COUNTIES...
At 1047 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bowlus, or 14
miles south of Little Falls, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Rice around 1105 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include St
Wendel, Opole and St. Stephen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4573 9468 4586 9437 4583 9408 4558 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 289DEG 22KT 4577 9437
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Borghoff302
WWUS53 KMPX 230358
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1058 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
MNC097-230408-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-200823T0430Z/
Morrison MN-
1058 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON 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 4582 9409 4558 9428 4569 9452 4578 9437
4577 9428 4579 9429 4582 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 290DEG 21KT 4575 9429
$$
MNC009-145-230430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-200823T0430Z/
Benton MN-Stearns MN-
1058 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES...
At 1058 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rice, or 13
miles north of St. Cloud, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Benton and northeastern Stearns Counties, including the
following locations... St Wendel, Opole and St. Stephen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4582 9409 4558 9428 4569 9452 4578 9437
4577 9428 4579 9429 4582 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 290DEG 21KT 4575 9429
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Borghoff925
WWUS53 KMPX 230405
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1105 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
MNC009-145-230415-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-200823T0430Z/
Benton MN-Stearns MN-
1105 PM CDT Sat Aug 22 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND
NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4582 9409 4558 9428 4569 9452 4578 9437
4577 9428 4579 9429 4582 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 291DEG 18KT 4573 9423
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.