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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Nerstrand, MN | 18 INCH TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 23, 7:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Sse Cannon Falls, MN | DELAYED REPORT: LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 23, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 N Wanamingo, MN | TREE DOWN ON A PARKED VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY. |
| Apr 23, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | 6 E Miesville, MN | MESONET 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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
$$
JPC1 follow-up statement
009
WWUS53 KMPX 240108
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
808 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022
MNC037-049-131-147-240117-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220424T0115Z/
Dakota MN-Steele MN-Goodhue MN-Rice MN-
808 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA...EASTERN
STEELE...WESTERN GOODHUE AND EASTERN RICE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815
PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central, southeastern and east central Minnesota.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for northeastern
Goodhue County until 830 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4385 9331 4408 9317 4433 9331 4475 9289
4464 9268 4436 9271 4420 9290 4419 9305
4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 215DEG 48KT 4466 9290 4448 9279 4432 9289
$$
DyeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Rice | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 23 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.