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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 20214 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 4:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 24, 2021, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 24, 5:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Pleasant Lake, MNNUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWNED.

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 24, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 501 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

437 
WUUS53 KMPX 240944
SVRMPX
MNC067-085-093-145-241030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0082.210824T0944Z-210824T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
444 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Meeker County in central Minnesota...
  Northwestern McLeod County in central Minnesota...
  Southern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
  Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 530 AM CDT.

* At 443 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New London,
  or 13 miles northeast of Willmar, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Paynesville around 450 AM CDT.
  Grove City around 455 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Watkins and Kimball.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4543 9412 4532 9418 4531 9425 4520 9425
      4481 9447 4482 9450 4489 9450 4489 9467
      4512 9525 4541 9525 4542 9513 4559 9514
      4563 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 276DEG 47KT 4528 9487 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley35 min
Aug 24, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift29 min
Aug 24, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott32 min
Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift43 min
Aug 24, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice42 min
Aug 24, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine38 min
Aug 24, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift52 min
Aug 24, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift45 min
Aug 24, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville42 min
Aug 24, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue40 min
Aug 24, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright33 min
Aug 24, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright46 min
Aug 24, 5:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley30 min
Aug 24, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright33 min
Aug 24, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Renville, Sibley31 min
Aug 24, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley26 min
Aug 24, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington35 min
Aug 24, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott67 min
Aug 24, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown33 min
Aug 24, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington30 min
Aug 24, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet, Sibley37 min
Aug 24, 7:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Sibley31 min
Aug 24, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWabasha29 min
Aug 24, 8:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood26 min
Aug 24, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood30 min
Aug 24, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley21 min
Aug 24, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota27 min
Aug 24, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet, Watonwan49 min
Aug 24, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin37 min
Aug 24, 10:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth25 min
Aug 24, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Martin44 min
Aug 24, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn40 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.