Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2020, 3:52 AM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2020, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2020, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
652
WUUS53 KMPX 240852
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-171-240930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0158.200824T0852Z-200824T0930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
352 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Wright County in central Minnesota...
Southeastern Meeker County in central Minnesota...
McLeod County in central Minnesota...
* Until 430 AM CDT.
* At 351 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Litchfield to near Cosmos to 6 miles north of
Hector, moving east at 45 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.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Dassel around 400 AM CDT.
Hutchinson and Cokato around 410 AM CDT.
Howard Lake and Silver Lake around 420 AM CDT.
Glencoe and Winsted around 425 AM CDT.
Lester Prairie around 430 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Greenleaf, Darwin, Biscay, Plato, Smith Lake and Lake Marion
Regional Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4480 9450 4490 9451 4511 9450 4511 9401
4472 9401 4471 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0851Z 289DEG 38KT 4506 9452 4496 9462 4483 9466
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
860
WWUS53 KMPX 240920
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
420 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
MNC093-171-240930-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-200824T0930Z/
Wright MN-Meeker MN-
420 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND
SOUTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore, the
warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4480 9450 4498 9445 4495 9401 4472 9401
4471 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 303DEG 40KT 4492 9421 4480 9426 4468 9431
$$
MNC085-240930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-200824T0930Z/
McLeod MN-
420 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR MCLEOD COUNTY...
At 420 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Silver Lake to near Glencoe to near Brownton, moving
southeast at 45 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.
These severe storms will be near...
Glencoe around 425 AM CDT.
Lester Prairie around 430 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Plato,
Biscay, Glencoe Airport, Hutchinson Airport and Lake Marion Regional
Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4480 9450 4498 9445 4495 9401 4472 9401
4471 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 303DEG 40KT 4492 9421 4480 9426 4468 9431
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$863
WWUS53 KMPX 240924
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
424 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
MNC085-240934-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-200824T0930Z/
McLeod MN-
424 AM CDT Mon Aug 24 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCLEOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 4480 9450 4498 9445 4495 9401 4472 9401
4471 9403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 289DEG 38KT 4492 9421 4480 9426 4468 9431
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 20 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 60 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.