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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 2025Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2025, 6:44 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2025, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 28, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

827 
WUUS53 KMPX 282344
SVRMPX
MNC121-149-151-290030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0071.250628T2344Z-250629T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
644 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Stevens County in west central Minnesota...
  North Central Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hancock, or 
  12 miles southeast of Morris, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
           hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
           Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hancock, Lake Hassel, Clontarf, Lake Emily and Glacial Lakes State 
  Park.

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 4535 9590 4550 9588 4557 9552 4533 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 265DEG 17KT 4543 9582

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ETA

1 follow-up statement

775 
WWUS53 KMPX 290019
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
719 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025

MNC121-149-151-290030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-250629T0030Z/
Pope MN-Stevens MN-Swift MN-
719 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN POPE, SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTH CENTRAL SWIFT 
COUNTIES...

At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Hassel, 
or 19 miles southeast of Morris, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
         wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Lake Hassel and Clontarf.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure 
and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing 
dangerous hail and damaging winds.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9589 4544 9589 4550 9551 4533 9550
      4535 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 265DEG 17KT 4543 9582

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ETA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	40 min
Jun 28, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens	35 min
Jun 28, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	44 min
Jun 28, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope	36 min
Jun 28, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Lac qui Parle	57 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.