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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2021Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 1:47 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 8 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 26, 2021, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 1:53 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W St. Bonifacius, MN12 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED AT BASE.
Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Minnetonka, MNSEVERAL 3 INCH BRANCHES DOWN.
Aug 26, 2:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGChanhassen, MNFACEBOOK PICTURE OF 2FT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED NEAR CHANHASSEN LIBRARY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Aug 26, 2:09 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 492 Sw Eden Prairie, MNASOS STATION KFCM EDEN PRAIRIE AP.
Aug 26, 2:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Excelsior, MN3 TO 6 INCH BRANCH DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 19 IN TONKA BAY NEAR CITY HALL.
Aug 26, 2:16 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 552 Sw Eden Prairie, MNASOS STATION KFCM EDEN PRAIRIE AP.
Aug 26, 2:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Eden Prairie, MNREPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.
Aug 26, 2:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 631 Ene Eden Prairie, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

638 
WUUS53 KMPX 261847
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-261915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.210826T1847Z-210826T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
147 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Hennepin County in east central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Carver County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 147 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Independence to near Mound to near Chaska, moving
  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Minneapolis, Bloomington, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka,
  Edina, St. Louis Park, Richfield, Brooklyn Center, Chaska,
  Chanhassen and Golden Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4507 9334 4496 9331 4485 9331 4478 9377
      4488 9379 4502 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 254DEG 33KT 4501 9369 4490 9368 4481 9367 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

PEM/BPH
2 follow-up statements
222 
WWUS53 KMPX 261906
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
206 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

MNC019-053-261915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210826T1915Z/
Hennepin MN-Carver MN-
206 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES...

At 205 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Plymouth to near Hopkins to Eden Prairie, moving
east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Minneapolis, Bloomington, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina,
St. Louis Park, Richfield, Brooklyn Center, Chaska, Chanhassen and
Golden Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4507 9334 4496 9331 4485 9331 4479 9370
      4502 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 254DEG 33KT 4506 9346 4495 9345 4486 9344 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

PEM
712 
WWUS53 KMPX 261914
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
214 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

MNC019-053-261924-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210826T1915Z/
Hennepin MN-Carver MN-
214 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND EAST
CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4507 9334 4496 9331 4485 9331 4479 9370
      4502 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 254DEG 33KT 4508 9335 4497 9334 4488 9333 

$$

PEM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine51 min
Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens36 min
Aug 26, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift40 min
Aug 26, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa28 min
Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift23 min
Aug 26, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker22 min
Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville23 min
Aug 26, 12:25 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXBenton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 9 more3 hr
Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod23 min
Aug 26, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver30 min
Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin31 min
Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington40 min
Aug 26, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey46 min
Aug 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington46 min
Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington24 min
Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota and 22 more13 hr

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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.