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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2021Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 28, 2021, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 11:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGUpsala, MNFEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Aug 28, 11:46 AM CDTHAIL 12 W Upsala, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 28, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 28, 10:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1550 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WUUS53 KMPX 281632
SVRMPX
MNC097-153-281715-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0105.210828T1632Z-210828T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1132 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Todd County in central Minnesota...
  Southwestern Morrison County in central Minnesota...

* Until 1215 PM CDT.

* At 1132 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grey Eagle,
  or 19 miles southwest of Little Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf 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 thunderstorm will be near...
  Upsala and Swanville around 1140 AM CDT.
  Flensburg around 1150 AM CDT.
  Bowlus around 1200 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Sobieski, Burtrum, North Shore, Elmdale, Little Falls Airport and
Pleasant Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for central
Minnesota.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4582 9435 4578 9430 4577 9428 4577 9479
      4591 9481 4597 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 264DEG 26KT 4583 9470 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
980 
WWUS53 KMPX 281707
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1207 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MNC097-153-281716-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210828T1715Z/
Todd MN-Morrison MN-
1207 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD AND
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for central
Minnesota.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
southeast Morrison county until 1230 pm.

LAT...LON 4582 9435 4578 9430 4577 9428 4577 9479
      4591 9481 4597 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 264DEG 26KT 4585 9436 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn4 hr
Aug 27, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn87 min
Aug 28, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens61 min
Aug 28, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXLac qui Parle33 min
Aug 28, 9:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens56 min
Aug 28, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift51 min
Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXSwift44 min
Aug 28, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd49 min
Aug 28, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi52 min
Aug 28, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXStearns40 min
Aug 28, 11:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns36 min
Aug 28, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne45 min
Aug 28, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs41 min
Aug 28, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs48 min
Aug 28, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka47 min
Aug 28, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago23 min
Aug 28, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti46 min
Aug 28, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan54 min
Aug 28, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood26 min
Aug 28, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan64 min
Aug 28, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley and 1 more62 min
Aug 28, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet24 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.