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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2022, 11:55 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- Sep 8, 2022, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2022, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
303
WUUS53 KMPX 090455
SVRMPX
MNC023-151-090530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0261.220909T0455Z-220909T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1155 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2022
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Chippewa County in west central Minnesota...
Southeastern Swift County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 1230 AM CDT.
* At 1155 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
of Watson, or 8 miles north of Montevideo, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Chippewa and southeastern Swift Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4502 9570 4511 9571 4522 9540 4502 9531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 253DEG 30KT 4507 9566
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
ETA2 follow-up statements
526 WWUS53 KMPX 090515 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1215 AM CDT Fri Sep 9 2022 MNC023-151-090530- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-220909T0530Z/ Chippewa MN-Swift MN- 1215 AM CDT Fri Sep 9 2022 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTIES... At 1215 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of Kerkhoven, or 18 miles northeast of Montevideo, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Chippewa and southeastern Swift Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4503 9551 4515 9555 4522 9540 4505 9532 TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 253DEG 30KT 4512 9543 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ ETA
928
WWUS53 KMPX 090520
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1220 AM CDT Fri Sep 9 2022
MNC023-151-090530-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-220909T0530Z/
Chippewa MN-Swift MN-
1220 AM CDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA AND
SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4503 9551 4515 9555 4522 9540 4505 9532
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 253DEG 30KT 4513 9538
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Sep 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 30 min |
| Sep 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 54 min |
| Sep 9, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 25 min |
| Sep 9, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 32 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.