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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 23, 20224 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2022, 7:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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
Apr 23, 2022, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2022, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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
Apr 23, 7:43 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Nerstrand, MN18 INCH TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 23, 7:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Sse Cannon Falls, MNDELAYED REPORT: LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 23, 8:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 N Wanamingo, MNTREE DOWN ON A PARKED VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY.
Apr 23, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 576 E Miesville, MNMESONET STATION MN047 RED WING 4W.

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
Apr 23, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2022-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 381 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 2022-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
381 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

As transmitted.

126 
WUUS53 KMPX 240036
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-131-147-240115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0021.220424T0036Z-220424T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
736 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
  Eastern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
  Western Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
  Eastern Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 736 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Faribault to 5 miles northeast of Owatonna to 8
  miles northeast of Ellendale, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Northfield and Dundas around 745 PM CDT.
  Kenyon, Stanton and Nerstrand around 750 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Cannon Falls, Wanamingo and Hastings.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in the Twin Cities.

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9331 4408 9317 4433 9331 4475 9289
      4464 9268 4436 9271 4420 9290 4419 9305
      4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 215DEG 48KT 4432 9323 4414 9312 4398 9322 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JPC
1 follow-up statement
009 
WWUS53 KMPX 240108
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
808 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

MNC037-049-131-147-240117-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220424T0115Z/
Dakota MN-Steele MN-Goodhue MN-Rice MN-
808 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA...EASTERN
STEELE...WESTERN GOODHUE AND EASTERN RICE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815
PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central, southeastern and east central Minnesota.

Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for northeastern 
Goodhue County until 830 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4385 9331 4408 9317 4433 9331 4475 9289
      4464 9268 4436 9271 4420 9290 4419 9305
      4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 215DEG 48KT 4466 9290 4448 9279 4432 9289 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Ramsey, Rice45 min
Apr 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Steele26 min
Apr 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti26 min
Apr 23, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington35 min
Apr 23, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue23 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.