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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 2022Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2022, 3:53 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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: May 30, 2022, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 Ssw Garfield, MN	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 30, 4:20 PM CDT	HAIL 2	6 Ssw Garfield, MN	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

663 
WUUS53 KMPX 302053
SVRMPX
MNC041-302130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0166.220530T2053Z-220530T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
353 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Douglas County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
  Brandon, or 12 miles west of Alexandria, moving north at 75 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong 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 remain over mainly rural areas of
  western Douglas County, including the following locations... Holmes
  City, Garfield, Millerville, Melby and Leaf Valley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Minnesota.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

LAT...LON 4610 9542 4579 9551 4581 9576 4611 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 187DEG 64KT 4588 9562 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	29 min
May 30, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	32 min
May 30, 12:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	31 min
May 30, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	23 min
May 30, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	27 min
May 30, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Todd	36 min
May 30, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	23 min
May 30, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	50 min
May 30, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine	58 min
May 30, 3:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin and 6 more	19 hr
May 30, 3:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville	30 min
May 30, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 1 more	23 min
May 30, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Benton, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	46 min
May 30, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	26 min
May 30, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Todd	31 min
May 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Douglas, Morrison, Todd	38 min
May 30, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	57 min
May 30, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	24 min
May 30, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	27 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	51 min
May 30, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	35 min
May 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift	31 min
May 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	28 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	30 min
May 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	40 min
May 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	42 min
May 30, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	26 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope	38 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine	47 min
May 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	46 min
May 30, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MPX	Douglas, Todd	45 min
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	47 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley and 1 more	39 min
May 30, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift	33 min
May 30, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	43 min
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan	47 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	67 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley, Wright	37 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Wright	43 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	28 min
May 30, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Wright	16 min
May 30, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 2 more	34 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	30 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.