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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2014Blue Earth County, Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2014, 4:23 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 16, 2014, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 16, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

762 
WUUS53 KMPX 162123
SVRMPX
MNC013-015-165-162215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0033.140616T2123Z-140616T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
423 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ST JAMES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  ST JAMES...MADELIA...DARFUR...ECHOLS...SOUTH BRANCH...ST JAMES
  AIRPORT...GROGAN...LEWISVILLE...LA SALLE AND HANSKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9466 4385 9484 4385 9485 4410 9486
      4422 9424 4385 9423 4384 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 236DEG 35KT 4388 9469

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
979 
WWUS53 KMPX 162153
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
453 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC013-015-165-162215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140616T2215Z/
BROWN MN-WATONWAN MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
453 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BLUE
EARTH...WATONWAN AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST JAMES...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
MADELIA...LEWISVILLE...LA SALLE AND HANSKA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9466 4385 9484 4385 9485 4410 9486
      4422 9424 4385 9423 4384 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 236DEG 35KT 4400 9452

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBrown7 days
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine24 days
Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 10 more13 hr
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle65 min
Jun 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift54 min
Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine3 hr
Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley3 hr
Jun 16, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin44 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan44 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin37 min
Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more9 hr
Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin56 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca4 hr
Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin31 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan58 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin62 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth44 min
Jun 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth36 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Waseca49 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn58 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca3 hr
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele40 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn31 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.