Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2020, 1:30 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
- Sep 6, 2020, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2020, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2:14 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Truman, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2083 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
868
WUUS53 KMPX 060630
SVRMPX
MNC013-091-165-060715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0183.200906T0630Z-200906T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
130 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2020
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
Southwestern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Watonwan County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 215 AM CDT.
* At 130 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Butterfield,
or 14 miles east of Windom, moving east at 40 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...
St. James around 145 AM CDT.
Truman and Lewisville around 200 AM CDT.
Vernon Center around 215 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Ormsby,
St James Airport, Grogan, Echols, South Branch and Odin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9486 4402 9485 4404 9412 4385 9421
4384 9425 4377 9425 4375 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 273DEG 36KT 4392 9483
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Borghoff1 follow-up statement
174
WWUS53 KMPX 060643
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
143 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2020
MNC013-091-165-060715-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0183.000000T0000Z-200906T0715Z/
Martin MN-Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN-
143 AM CDT Sun Sep 6 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MARTIN...SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND WATONWAN
COUNTIES...
At 143 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. James, or
21 miles northwest of Fairmont, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Truman and Lewisville around 200 AM CDT.
Vernon Center around 215 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Ormsby,
St James Airport, Grogan, Echols, South Branch and Odin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9486 4402 9485 4404 9412 4385 9421
4384 9425 4377 9425 4375 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 273DEG 36KT 4391 9464
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 43 min |
| Sep 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 44 min |
| Sep 5, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 66 min |
| Sep 6, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 15 min |
| Sep 6, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 22 min |
| Sep 6, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 25 min |
| Sep 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 19 min |
| Sep 6, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 42 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.