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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2021Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 9:27 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2021, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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 28, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

560 
WUUS53 KMPX 281427
SVRMPX
MNC073-281500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.210828T1427Z-210828T1500Z/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Lac qui Parle County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 1000 AM CDT.

* At 926 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Big Stone
  City, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  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 remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Lac qui Parle County, including the following
  locations... Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4527 9642 4525 9640 4526 9638 4525 9629
      4522 9627 4522 9622 4519 9617 4519 9612
      4517 9610 4517 9645 4526 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 264DEG 35KT 4527 9651 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
153 
WWUS53 KMPX 281452
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
952 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

MNC073-281501-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-210828T1500Z/
Lac qui Parle MN-
952 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until noon CDT for west
central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4527 9642 4525 9640 4526 9638 4525 9629
      4522 9627 4522 9622 4519 9617 4519 9612
      4517 9610 4517 9645 4526 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 264DEG 35KT 4529 9617 

$$

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, 9:49 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, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXMorrison, Todd43 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

Nearby

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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.