Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2023, 4:21 PM CDT for Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- Jun 23, 2023, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese West Union, MN | 20 inch pine tree snapped. |
| Jun 23, 4:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Ese West Union, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
798
WUUS53 KMPX 232121
SVRMPX
MNC145-153-232145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0013.230623T2121Z-230623T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
421 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2023
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Todd County in central Minnesota...
Northwestern Stearns County in central Minnesota...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sauk Centre,
or 21 miles southeast of Alexandria, moving northeast 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...
Sauk Centre around 430 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4565 9501 4569 9510 4589 9496 4582 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 211DEG 21KT 4572 9500
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PEM1 follow-up statement
670 WWUS53 KMPX 232134 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 434 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2023 MNC145-153-232145- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230623T2145Z/ Todd MN-Stearns MN- 434 PM CDT Fri Jun 23 2023 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TODD AND NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTIES... At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sauk Centre, or 20 miles east of Alexandria, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Todd and northern Stearns Counties, including the following locations... Little Sauk. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4571 9494 4575 9506 4589 9496 4582 9480 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 204DEG 21KT 4579 9497 HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ PEM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne | 28 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.