Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 5 reports 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
- Jun 16, 2013, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Plymouth, MN | LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ON TO GARAGE OF A HOUSE. FROM PICTURE TWEETED BY KARE11. |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 49 | Waconia, MN | |
| Jun 16, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chaska, MN | LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWH. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Eden Prairie, MN | MEASURED AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT. |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Sse Minneapolis, MN | MEASURED AT MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL INTL AIRPORT. |
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 11 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716
WUUS53 KMPX 162255
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-139-162345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0046.130616T2255Z-130616T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
555 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 551 PM CDT...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF EXCELSIOR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EXCELSIOR...PLYMOUTH...MINNETONKA...THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA...ST
LOUIS PARK...EDEN PRAIRIE...BLOOMINGTON...TWIN CITIES AIRPORT...
LONG LAKE...VICTORIA...SHOREWOOD...WAYZATA...WOODLAND...
DEEPHAVEN...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...MEDICINE LAKE...CARVER...GOLDEN
VALLEY AND HOPKINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKES...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON
SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4493 9394 4498 9388 4498 9376 4508 9376
4508 9374 4511 9373 4516 9367 4517 9363
4489 9318 4481 9327 4479 9333 4477 9332
4464 9347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 305DEG 32KT 4493 9367
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 162307
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
MNC019-053-139-162345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-130616T2345Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-
607 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SCOTT...SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 645
PM CDT...
AT 605 PM CDT...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WITH DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ST LOUIS PARK TO EDEN PRAIRIE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WACONIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST LOUIS PARK...EDEN PRAIRIE...BLOOMINGTON...TWIN CITIES AIRPORT...
GOLDEN VALLEY...HOPKINS...CARVER...EDINA...SHAKOPEE...MARYSTOWN...
RICHFIELD...PRIOR LAKE AND SAVAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKES...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER.
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON
SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4485 9381 4493 9364 4506 9346 4489 9318
4481 9327 4479 9333 4477 9332 4464 9347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 303DEG 32KT 4499 9338 4484 9352
4475 9373
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF405
WWUS53 KMPX 162334
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
MNC019-053-139-162345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-130616T2345Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...SOUTHERN
HENNEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4485 9381 4493 9364 4506 9346 4489 9318
4481 9327 4479 9333 4477 9332 4464 9347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 303DEG 32KT 4485 9308 4470 9322
4461 9343
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:33 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington | 49 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.