Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2020, 3:26 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 11, 2020, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2020, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fairmont, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER ON NORTH SIDE OF FAIRMONT ALONG I-90. INCLUDES PHOTO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
035
WUUS53 KMPX 112026
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-112115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0055.200711T2026Z-200711T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
326 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Eastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 326 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Truman, or 10
miles north of Fairmont, moving southeast at 50 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Fairmont, Blue Earth, Winnebago, Truman, Elmore, Bricelyn, Frost,
Granada, East Chain, Northrop, Fairmont Airport and Huntley.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 90 between mile markers 96 and 132.
U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 1 and 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in The Twin Cities.
&&
LAT...LON 4368 9458 4385 9443 4385 9435 4359 9368
4350 9378 4350 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 304DEG 43KT 4379 9452
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
817
WWUS53 KMPX 112047
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
347 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
MNC043-091-112115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-200711T2115Z/
Faribault MN-Martin MN-
347 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT AND SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
At 347 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Blue Earth, or
11 miles east of Fairmont, moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fairmont, Blue Earth, Elmore, Granada, East Chain, Fairmont Airport,
Imogene and Guckeen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
The Twin Cities.
&&
LAT...LON 4367 9456 4374 9436 4350 9378 4350 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 304DEG 43KT 4365 9423
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CTG453
WWUS53 KMPX 112108
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
408 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
MNC043-091-112118-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-200711T2115Z/
Faribault MN-Martin MN-
408 PM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT AND
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
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 will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4367 9456 4374 9436 4350 9378 4350 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 304DEG 43KT 4352 9396
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 20 min |
| Jul 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 59 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.