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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 11, 2022Le Sueur County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2022, 7:27 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 9 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 11, 2022, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
63 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 Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 11, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGElysian, MNTREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN ELYSIAN. E60 MPH WINDS.
May 11, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 54Shakopee, MNTIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 11, 8:01 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 791 Nnw Morristown, MNHWY 13 AND CO RD 7.
May 11, 8:04 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 582 Sse Shakopee, MNTIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. REPORT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
May 11, 8:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGKilkenny, MNREPORTS OF DOWNED TREES.
May 11, 8:07 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 771 Wnw Shakopee, MNMEASURED AT HOME ASOS STATION.
May 11, 8:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWaterville, MNTREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY OF WATERVILLE.
May 11, 8:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 Se Shakopee, MNTIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 11, 8:10 PM CDTHAIL 21 S Shakopee, 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 11, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2022-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 243 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 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
243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-306 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
580 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
17.2

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The text

As transmitted.

407 
WUUS53 KMPX 120027
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-139-120130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0082.220512T0027Z-220512T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Le Sueur County in south central Minnesota...
  Scott County in east central Minnesota...
  Western Rice County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 727 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Le Sueur, or
  20 miles north of Mankato, moving northeast at 50 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...
  Belle Plaine around 745 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include New
Prague, Jordan, Elko New Market and Lakeville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4441 9380 4456 9392 4462 9385 4463 9377
      4470 9364 4476 9362 4480 9357 4481 9343
      4478 9338 4479 9333 4464 9332 4463 9328
      4422 9326 4419 9336 4420 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 247DEG 44KT 4447 9397 

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

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley33 min
May 11, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet63 min
May 11, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright29 min
May 11, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet39 min
May 11, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi95 min
May 11, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Scott44 min
May 11, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin42 min
May 11, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright55 min
May 11, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice37 min
May 11, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin34 min
May 11, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXHennepin47 min
May 11, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright44 min
May 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXDakota, Rice, Scott47 min
May 11, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright43 min
May 11, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXSteele, Waseca42 min
May 11, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault36 min
May 11, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota40 min
May 11, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXAnoka, Chisago, Ramsey, Washington62 min
May 11, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey25 min
May 11, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXDakota, Goodhue63 min
May 11, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca26 min
May 11, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXFreeborn44 min
May 11, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXChisago65 min
May 11, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Isanti, Morrison, Sherburne49 min
May 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXSteele, Waseca44 min
May 11, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault27 min
May 11, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington92 min
May 11, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Waseca25 min
May 11, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue38 min
May 11, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn27 min
May 11, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele35 min
May 11, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele32 min
May 11, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele90 min
May 11, 11:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXRedwood, Renville29 days
May 12, 2:21 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 5 more4 hr
May 12, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine35 min
May 12, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift35 min
May 12, 5:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift35 min
May 12, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa29 min
May 12, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns29 min
May 12, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns23 min
May 12, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns25 min
May 12, 7:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton28 min
May 12, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns30 min
May 12, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns27 min
May 12, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa24 min
May 12, 7:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec24 min
May 12, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd36 min
May 12, 8:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Todd32 min
May 12, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Swift30 min
May 12, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Pope, Swift36 min
May 12, 10:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Morrison, Stearns29 min
May 12, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison43 min
May 12, 10:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker, Stearns26 min
May 12, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns46 min
May 12, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Stearns83 min
May 12, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne49 min
May 12, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne33 min
May 12, 11:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXRedwood7 days
May 12, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne33 min
May 12, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne and 1 more82 min
May 12, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec32 min
May 12, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine49 min
May 12, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBrown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Watonwan and 1 more58 min
May 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift15 min
May 12, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift44 min
May 12, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns64 min
May 12, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine26 min
May 12, 6:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift17 min
May 12, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville13 min
May 12, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMPXBrown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley53 min
May 12, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope17 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.