Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT for Benton County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2023, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
548
WUUS53 KMPX 112025
SVRMPX
MNC009-095-112100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0151.230811T2025Z-230811T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
325 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Mille Lacs County in east central Minnesota...
East central Benton County in central Minnesota...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 325 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Foley, or 17
miles northeast of St. Cloud, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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...
Princeton around 345 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4569 9351 4556 9351 4556 9361 4566 9400
4575 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 285DEG 43KT 4570 9389
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
ETA2 follow-up statements
756
WWUS53 KMPX 112041
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
341 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
MNC009-112051-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-230811T2100Z/
Benton MN-
341 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
east central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4569 9351 4556 9351 4556 9361 4561 9372
4572 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 285DEG 43KT 4565 9362
$$
MNC095-112100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-230811T2100Z/
Mille Lacs MN-
341 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY...
At 341 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Princeton, or
20 miles northwest of Cambridge, moving east at 50 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 remain over mainly rural areas of south
central Mille Lacs County, including the following locations... Pease
and Princeton Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4569 9351 4556 9351 4556 9361 4561 9372
4572 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 285DEG 43KT 4565 9362
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
ETA209
WWUS53 KMPX 112052
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
352 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
MNC095-112102-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-230811T2100Z/
Mille Lacs MN-
352 PM CDT Fri Aug 11 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
east central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4569 9351 4556 9351 4556 9361 4561 9372
4572 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 285DEG 43KT 4562 9345
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Aug 10, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue, Steele | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 11 min |
| Aug 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott, Sibley | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott and 2 more | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 16 min |
| Aug 11, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 11 min |
| Aug 11, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.