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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2024, 5:54 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 28, 2024, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2024, 6:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Howard Lake, MN | Delayed report, time estimated from radar. Tree down blocking 10th St between Keats Ave and CR6. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
155 WUUS53 KMPX 282254 SVRMPX MNC171-282330- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.240728T2254Z-240728T2330Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 554 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2024 The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Wright County in central Minnesota... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 554 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Howard Lake, or 11 miles west of Buffalo, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Montrose, Howard Lake, Waverly, and Smith Lake. This includes U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 122 and 136. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4514 9421 4520 9413 4507 9382 4497 9401 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 306DEG 16KT 4512 9409 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CTG
2 follow-up statements
772 WWUS53 KMPX 282310 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 610 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2024 MNC171-282330- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-240728T2330Z/ Wright MN- 610 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY... At 610 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Howard Lake, or 10 miles southwest of Buffalo, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Montrose and Waverly. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4514 9409 4517 9405 4507 9382 4502 9392 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 306DEG 16KT 4508 9401 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CTG
727 WWUS53 KMPX 282319 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 619 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2024 MNC171-282329- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-240728T2330Z/ Wright MN- 619 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2024 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... 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 cancelled. && LAT...LON 4514 9409 4517 9405 4507 9382 4502 9392 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 306DEG 16KT 4506 9396 $$ CTG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 44 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.