Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2022, 6:31 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2022, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Buffalo Lake, MN | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DESTROYED BARN, GRAIN BIN, AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
745
WUUS53 KMPX 112331
SVRMPX
MNC103-129-143-120030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0076.220511T2331Z-220512T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
631 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Sibley County in central Minnesota...
Southeastern Renville County in central Minnesota...
Northwestern Nicollet County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Morgan, or 12
miles southeast of Redwood Falls, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Franklin around 640 PM CDT.
Fairfax around 650 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Gibbon and Stewart.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central, 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 south
central, central and southwestern Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4440 9464 4439 9467 4443 9470 4445 9478
4452 9488 4456 9505 4462 9515 4478 9485
4474 9452 4472 9449 4463 9449 4463 9436
4452 9418 4435 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 237DEG 32KT 4442 9493
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS53 KMPX 120014
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
714 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
MNC103-129-143-120030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-220512T0030Z/
Sibley MN-Renville MN-Nicollet MN-
714 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SIBLEY...EAST CENTRAL RENVILLE AND NORTH CENTRAL NICOLLET
COUNTIES...
At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Stewart, or 18 miles south of Hutchinson, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
western Sibley, east central Renville and north central Nicollet
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
south central Minnesota.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4444 9453 4453 9462 4477 9483 4474 9452
4472 9449 4463 9449 4463 9436 4452 9418
4442 9436 4440 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 237DEG 32KT 4463 9447
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
BPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 27 min |
| May 11, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 35 min |
| May 11, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| May 11, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 30 min |
| May 11, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 10 min |
| May 11, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dodge | 31 min |
| May 11, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 84 min |
| May 11, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| May 11, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 35 min |
| May 11, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 31 min |
| May 11, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 60 min |
| May 11, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| May 11, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 hr |
| May 11, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 37 min |
| May 11, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 33 min |
| May 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| May 11, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 11, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 50 min |
| May 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 44 min |
| May 11, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| May 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 23 min |
| May 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 11, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 32 min |
| May 11, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 45 min |
| May 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 29 min |
| May 11, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 36 min |
| May 11, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 29 min |
| May 11, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 51 min |
| May 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 66 min |
| May 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 42 min |
| May 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 42 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 63 min |
| May 11, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 26 min |
| May 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 35 min |
| May 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| May 11, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 11, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 65 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 34 min |
| May 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| May 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| May 11, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 36 min |
| May 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 46 min |
| May 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 40 min |
| May 11, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 50 min |
| May 11, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 53 min |
| May 11, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 46 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.