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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2022Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2022, 4:49 PM CDT for Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
May 9, 2022, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2022, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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°0°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.

010 
WUUS53 KMPX 092149
SVRMPX
MNC037-131-092215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0039.220509T2149Z-220509T2215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
  Central Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Faribault,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Dundas around 500 PM CDT.
  Northfield around 505 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4432 9342 4462 9318 4456 9295 4451 9301
      4451 9304 4449 9304 4433 9324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 212DEG 35KT 4437 9331 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

ETA

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, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Washington33 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, 4:58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.