Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2023, 7:29 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- May 6, 2023, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
449
WUUS53 KMPX 070029
SVRMPX
MNC067-070100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.230507T0029Z-230507T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
729 PM CDT Sat May 6 2023
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Raymond, or 8
miles southwest of Willmar, moving northeast at 20 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Willmar.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4494 9516 4498 9526 4514 9508 4505 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 238DEG 15KT 4503 9514
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
PEM1 follow-up statement
855
WWUS53 KMPX 070101
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
801 PM CDT Sat May 6 2023
MNC067-070111-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-230507T0100Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
801 PM CDT Sat May 6 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 4494 9516 4498 9526 4514 9508 4505 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 238DEG 15KT 4510 9498
$$
PEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 8 more | 6 hr |
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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.