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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 8, 2023Brown County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2023, 5:21 PM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2023, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2023, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Brown County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2023-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2023-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

740 
WUUS53 KMPX 082221
SVRMPX
MNC015-082245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.230508T2221Z-230508T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
521 PM CDT Mon May 8 2023

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Brown County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 521 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Springfield,
  or 21 miles south of Redwood Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Comfrey around 535 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9510 4421 9511 4428 9509 4428 9473
      4411 9478 4411 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 282DEG 27KT 4424 9500 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

PEM
1 follow-up statement
118 
WWUS53 KMPX 082234
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
534 PM CDT Mon May 8 2023

MNC015-082245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-230508T2245Z/
Brown MN-
534 PM CDT Mon May 8 2023

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY...

At 534 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Springfield, or 19 miles west of New Ulm, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Brown County, including the following locations...
Cobden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4428 9499 4428 9473 4411 9478 4412 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 275DEG 35KT 4421 9483 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

PEM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown33 min
May 8, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown29 min
May 8, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin21 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.