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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 11, 2022Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 11, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Renville, MNREPORTED VIA TWITTER. PHOTO INCLUDED.

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 11, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2022-05-11Temperature 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 2022-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

598 
WUUS53 KMPX 112317
SVRMPX
MNC129-120000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.220511T2317Z-220512T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
617 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Renville County in central Minnesota...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
  Renville, or 12 miles northwest of Redwood Falls, moving east at 25
  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...
  Renville around 625 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Olivia and Bird Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
southwestern Minnesota.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
southwestern Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4490 9520 4489 9477 4462 9478 4458 9510
      4463 9518 4486 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 249DEG 23KT 4470 9524 

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

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet28 min
May 11, 5:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca27 min
May 11, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Waseca35 min
May 11, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele28 min
May 11, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Scott34 min
May 11, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele30 min
May 11, 7:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott10 min
May 11, 7:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDodge31 min
May 11, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca84 min
May 11, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue28 min
May 11, 8:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice35 min
May 11, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue31 min
May 11, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele60 min
May 11, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue53 min
May 11, 10:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue26 hr
May 11, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker37 min
May 11, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns33 min
May 11, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd30 min
May 11, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXYellow Medicine49 min
May 11, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright50 min
May 11, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright44 min
May 11, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine45 min
May 11, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine23 min
May 11, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin49 min
May 11, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood32 min
May 11, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan45 min
May 11, 1:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville29 min
May 11, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville36 min
May 11, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan29 min
May 11, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne, Wright51 min
May 11, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker49 min
May 11, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti66 min
May 11, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright42 min
May 11, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne42 min
May 11, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne63 min
May 11, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood28 min
May 11, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville26 min
May 11, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine38 min
May 11, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville35 min
May 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine39 min
May 11, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Sibley36 min
May 11, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood65 min
May 11, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood34 min
May 11, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan44 min
May 11, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker36 min
May 11, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXMartin62 min
May 11, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan46 min
May 11, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley59 min
May 11, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville40 min
May 11, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley50 min
May 11, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan53 min
May 11, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan37 min
May 11, 6:59 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley46 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.