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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2022Anoka County, Chisago County, Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2022, 9:57 AM CDT for Anoka County, Chisago County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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 9, 2022, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2022, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 9, 10:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGStacy, MNTREE DOWN, POWER OUT IN TOWN.
May 9, 10:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 S Lindstrom, MNPICTURE OF POWER LINES BLOWN OVER SENT BY SHERIFF.
May 9, 10:15 AM CDTHAIL 0.752 Wnw Chisago City, MN

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
May 9, 7:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 9, 9:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

049 
WUUS53 KMPX 091457
SVRMPX
MNC003-025-163-091530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0033.220509T1457Z-220509T1530Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
957 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Chisago County in east central Minnesota...
  Anoka County in east central Minnesota...
  Northern Washington County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.

* At 956 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near East Bethel,
  or 15 miles south of Cambridge, moving east at 50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Forest Lake and Stacy around 1005 AM CDT.
  Chisago City, Lindstrom and Center City around 1015 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Taylors Falls.

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 4540 9265 4536 9270 4533 9270 4529 9276
      4521 9275 4519 9277 4517 9275 4510 9275
      4516 9332 4521 9339 4541 9331 4542 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 256DEG 44KT 4532 9313 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CTG
1 follow-up statement
933 
WWUS53 KMPX 091516
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1016 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022

MNC003-025-163-091530-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-220509T1530Z/
Chisago MN-Anoka MN-Washington MN-
1016 AM CDT Mon May 9 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO...NORTHEASTERN ANOKA AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...

At 1016 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Center City,
or 24 miles southeast of Cambridge, moving east at 50 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Taylors Falls.

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 4540 9265 4536 9270 4533 9270 4529 9276
      4521 9275 4519 9277 4517 9275 4510 9275
      4515 9325 4542 9304 4542 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 256DEG 44KT 4538 9279 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine51 min
May 9, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine40 min
May 9, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Renville, Stearns, Swift57 min
May 9, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright45 min
May 9, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright42 min
May 9, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright40 min
May 9, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright32 min
May 9, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti26 min
May 9, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne37 min
May 9, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright34 min
May 9, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti15 min
May 9, 9:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine38 days
May 9, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs50 min
May 9, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti37 min
May 9, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington34 min
May 9, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns34 min
May 9, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne25 min
May 9, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Morrison6 min
May 9, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright35 min
May 9, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne33 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Rice26 min
May 9, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs32 min
May 9, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti42 min
May 9, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington35 min
May 9, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington45 min
May 9, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti25 min
May 9, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec34 min
May 9, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue33 min
May 9, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington35 min
May 9, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue36 min
May 9, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago41 min
May 9, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue42 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.