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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 12, 2022Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2022, 7:39 PM CDT for Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 12, 2022, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2022, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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
Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 00:00Z on 2022-04-13Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2022-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 710 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
710 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
827 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

097 
WUUS53 KMPX 130039
SVRMPX
MNC127-173-130130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0007.220413T0039Z-220413T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
739 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southeastern Yellow Medicine County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
  Tracy, or 11 miles southeast of Marshall, moving northeast at 60
  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...
  Wabasso and Redwood Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4471 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529 4467 9525
      4457 9509 4452 9490 4449 9486 4446 9487
      4422 9559 4460 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 234DEG 52KT 4433 9564 

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

$$

JRB
2 follow-up statements
286 
WWUS53 KMPX 130055
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
755 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

MNC127-173-130130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-220413T0130Z/
Redwood MN-Yellow Medicine MN-
755 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL REDWOOD AND SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES...

At 754 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest of
Wabasso, or 14 miles west of Redwood Falls, moving northeast at 60
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...
Redwood Falls, Echo, Belview, Vesta, Milroy, Lucan, Seaforth, Delhi,
North Redwood and Redwood Falls Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4471 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529 4467 9525
      4457 9509 4452 9490 4434 9560 4460 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 230DEG 53KT 4449 9539 

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

$$

JRB
890 
WWUS53 KMPX 130110
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
810 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

MNC127-173-130120-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-220413T0130Z/
Redwood MN-Yellow Medicine MN-
810 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL REDWOOD AND
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.  However small hail is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
central, southwestern and west central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4471 9538 4469 9532 4466 9529 4467 9525
      4457 9509 4452 9490 4434 9560 4460 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 234DEG 52KT 4463 9513 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin46 min
Apr 12, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley38 min
Apr 12, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet48 min
Apr 12, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele30 min
Apr 12, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod27 min
Apr 12, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod25 min
Apr 12, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Waseca36 min
Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice20 min
Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin34 min
Apr 12, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod32 min
Apr 12, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin54 min
Apr 12, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley31 min
Apr 12, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley37 min
Apr 12, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Scott25 min
Apr 12, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca63 min
Apr 12, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey37 min
Apr 12, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright38 min
Apr 13, 4:01 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 32 more39 hr

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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.