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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 2, 2024Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2024, 9:33 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 2, 2024, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2024, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2024-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

864 
WUUS53 KMPX 030233
SVRMPX
MNC151-030315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0021.240603T0233Z-240603T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
933 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 933 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Lake Oliver, or 17 miles south of Morris, moving east at 15 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Benson, Lake Hassel, Clontarf, Danvers, Holloway, and Benson
  Airport.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 24 and 42.
 U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 141 and 153.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9546 4524 9571 4524 9598 4541 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 258DEG 15KT 4534 9588 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JPC
1 follow-up statement
777 
WWUS53 KMPX 030302
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1002 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

MNC151-030315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240603T0315Z/
Swift MN-
1002 PM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SWIFT COUNTY...

At 1002 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Benson, or 20
miles southeast of Morris, moving east at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Benson, Lake Hassel, Clontarf, Danvers, and Benson Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9546 4524 9571 4524 9586 4541 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 268DEG 20KT 4534 9570 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas23 min
Jun 2, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue3 hr
Jun 2, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice37 min
Jun 2, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns33 min
Jun 2, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue28 min
Jun 2, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd40 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens40 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele35 min
Jun 2, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift46 min
Jun 2, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison44 min
Jun 2, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison40 min
Jun 2, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift43 min
Jun 2, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Swift45 min
Jun 2, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker28 min
Jun 2, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle24 min
Jun 3, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville25 min
Jun 3, 2:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXKandiyohi3 hr
Jun 3, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott, Sibley38 min
Jun 3, 4:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley4 hr
Jun 3, 4:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Rice60 hr
Jun 3, 4:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 1 more17 hr
Jun 3, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott, Sibley5 days
Jun 3, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley9 days

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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.