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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 2025Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2025, 3:19 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 15, 2025, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2025, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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
Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

908 
WUUS53 KMPX 152019
SVRMPX
MNC153-152045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.250715T2019Z-250715T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
319 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Todd County in central Minnesota...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 319 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bertha, or 
  27 miles northeast of Alexandria, moving east at 30 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...
  Eagle Bend, Bertha and Hewitt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from 
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large 
hail.

&&

LAT...LON 4637 9490 4616 9490 4614 9515 4628 9515
      4637 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 271DEG 25KT 4625 9511

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Dunleavy

1 follow-up statement

999 
WWUS53 KMPX 152038
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
338 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

MNC153-152048-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-250715T2045Z/
Todd MN-
338 PM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY...

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 will be allowed to expire. However, small 
hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT 
Tuesday for a portion of central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4637 9490 4616 9490 4614 9515 4628 9515
      4637 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 271DEG 25KT 4625 9510

$$

Dunleavy

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	29 min
Jul 15, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	40 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	36 min
Jul 15, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	24 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Todd	45 min
Jul 15, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	53 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine	30 min
Jul 15, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	45 min
Jul 15, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville	45 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	45 min
Jul 15, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	43 min
Jul 15, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	41 min
Jul 15, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	52 min
Jul 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	41 min
Jul 15, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	38 min
Jul 15, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	23 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	22 min
Jul 15, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	42 min
Jul 15, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	29 min
Jul 15, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	35 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.