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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2022, 8:40 PM CDT for Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin; Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 4 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, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 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 Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | St. Croix Falls, WI | TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| May 11, 9:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Amery, WI | DOWNED TREE ON CO RD F. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| May 11, 9:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clayton, WI | TREE ON CO RD J. |
| May 11, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Frederic, WI | TREE DOWN ON CO RD L. TIME ESTIMATED VIA 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
211
WUUS53 KMPX 120140
SVRMPX
MNC025-WIC095-109-120245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.220512T0140Z-220512T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
840 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Chisago County in east central Minnesota...
St. Croix County in west central Wisconsin...
Polk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 840 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Forest Lake,
or 21 miles southeast of Cambridge, moving northeast at 60 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...
Chisago City and Lindstrom around 850 PM CDT.
Osceola and Center City around 855 PM CDT.
St. Croix Falls, Taylors Falls and Dresser around 900 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Centuria, Balsam Lake, Luck, Milltown and Frederic.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Minnesota...and northwestern and west central Wisconsin.
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 east central
Minnesota...and northwestern and west central Wisconsin.
&&
LAT...LON 4485 9215 4486 9276 4503 9276 4506 9280
4511 9274 4519 9277 4530 9275 4529 9279
4537 9279 4542 9302 4564 9289 4565 9253
4573 9252 4572 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 233DEG 51KT 4527 9301
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
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
076
WWUS53 KMPX 120243
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
943 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
MNC025-WIC095-109-120252-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-220512T0245Z/
Chisago MN-St. Croix WI-Polk WI-
943 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO...ST.
CROIX AND POLK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened and
moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed
to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for east central
Minnesota...and northwestern and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4485 9215 4486 9276 4503 9276 4506 9280
4511 9274 4519 9277 4530 9275 4529 9279
4537 9279 4542 9302 4564 9289 4565 9253
4573 9252 4572 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 233DEG 51KT 4573 9210
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 63 min |
| May 11, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 38 min |
| May 11, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pepin | 56 min |
| May 11, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 30 min |
| May 11, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 55 min |
| May 11, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 38 min |
| May 11, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk | 89 min |
| May 11, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 67 min |
| May 12, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 29 min |
| May 12, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 8 min |
| May 12, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 62 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 33 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 95 min |
| May 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 55 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 37 min |
| May 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 47 min |
| May 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 40 min |
| May 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 25 min |
| May 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 26 min |
| May 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 92 min |
| May 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 32 min |
| May 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 90 min |
| May 11, 11:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 29 days |
| May 12, 2:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| May 12, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 35 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 23 min |
| May 12, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 12, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| May 12, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 12, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 36 min |
| May 12, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Todd | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Swift | 30 min |
| May 12, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Pope, Swift | 36 min |
| May 12, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 26 min |
| May 12, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 46 min |
| May 12, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 83 min |
| May 12, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 12, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 7 days |
| May 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne and 1 more | 82 min |
| May 12, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 32 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Watonwan and 1 more | 58 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 15 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 17 min |
| May 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 13 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 53 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.