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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 226, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2022Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2022, 1:05 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2022, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2022, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 23, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -374 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 12:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 12:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:38 AM CDT, 9 hours 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
338 AM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
240845-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-
Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-
Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-
Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-
St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
338 AM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Two rounds of severe weather are expected today.

Round one will be this morning, roughly along the Minnesota river
from west central into southeast Minnesota. Large hail, damaging
wind gusts, and locally heavy downpours will be the primary
hazards with this morning round of storms.

Round two is expected to develop this afternoon from south
central into east central Minnesota and continue east across
southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin into the evening.
Destructive wind gusts, large hail, locally heavy rainfall, and
a tornado or two will be possible with this second round of
storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will likely be needed this morning and
again this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1136 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 W WINTHROP            44.54N 94.45W
07/23/2022  M50 MPH          SIBLEY             MN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            MNDOT WIND SENSOR WEST OF WINTHROP.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1139 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 N SKYLINE             44.15N 94.03W
07/23/2022  M63 MPH          BLUE EARTH         MN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            MNDOT WIND SENSOR.

&&

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1145 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1030 AM     HAIL             GIBBON                  44.53N 94.52W
07/23/2022  M3.00 INCH       SIBLEY             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PICTURE RELAYED TO NWS BY EMERGENCY
            MANAGEMENT.

&&

TDH

Local storm report, Jul 23, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1149 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1141 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 NNW EAGLE LAKE        44.22N 93.92W
07/23/2022  M53 MPH          BLUE EARTH         MN   ASOS

            KMKT - AIRPORT.

&&

JLT

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:36 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:40 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1240 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1228 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NNW OWATONNA          44.12N 93.25W
07/23/2022  M51 MPH          STEELE             MN   AWOS

            KOWA - OWATONNA AIRPORT.

&&

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	43 min
Jul 23, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	51 min
Jul 23, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	27 min
Jul 23, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	42 min
Jul 23, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	36 min
Jul 23, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	44 min
Jul 23, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	38 min
Jul 23, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	34 min
Jul 23, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	38 min
Jul 23, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	19 min
Jul 23, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	29 min
Jul 23, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	38 min
Jul 23, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	33 min
Jul 23, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue, Steele	39 min
Jul 23, 1:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn	27 min
Jul 23, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.