Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2020, 1:32 AM 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
- Jun 7, 2020, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
369 WUUS53 KMPX 070632 SVRMPX MNC009-097-145-070700- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0018.200607T0632Z-200607T0700Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 132 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 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... South central Morrison County in central Minnesota... * Until 200 AM CDT. * At 132 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Holdingford, or 13 miles northwest of St. Cloud, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Royalton, Holdingford, Bowlus, Rice, Little Rock, St Wendel, Opole and St. Stephen. This includes U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 149 and 168. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. && LAT...LON 4561 9437 4574 9455 4600 9429 4576 9396 TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 228DEG 20KT 4573 9437 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JPC
1 follow-up statement
685 WWUS53 KMPX 070645 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 145 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 MNC009-097-145-070700- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200607T0700Z/ Benton MN-Stearns MN-Morrison MN- 145 AM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON...NORTHEASTERN STEARNS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES... At 145 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bowlus to 6 miles southeast of Rice, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Royalton, Bowlus, Rice, Little Rock and St. Stephen. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. && LAT...LON 4567 9421 4583 9446 4600 9429 4576 9396 TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 229DEG 20KT 4585 9440 4569 9415 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Todd | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 64 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.