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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 24, 20214 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 5:29 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 24, 2021, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Meeker County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.

405 
WUUS53 KMPX 241029
SVRMPX
MNC093-141-145-171-241115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0085.210824T1029Z-210824T1115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Wright County in central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Meeker County in central Minnesota...
  Central Sherburne County in central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Stearns County in central Minnesota...

* Until 615 AM CDT.

* At 529 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
  of Rockville, or 9 miles south of St. Cloud, moving southeast at 45
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Clearwater around 540 AM CDT.
  Clear Lake around 545 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Becker, Monticello, Maple Lake and Big Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4549 9363 4509 9386 4528 9463 4560 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 296DEG 37KT 4544 9423 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 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, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns46 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, 5:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.