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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 2015Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2015, 7:03 PM CDT for Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
May 16, 2015, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2015-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 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 00:00Z on 2015-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
11.3

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The text

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

052 
WUUS53 KMPX 170003
SVRMPX
MNC093-129-170030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0015.150517T0003Z-150517T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKESIDE...
  OR 10 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTH AT 35 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COSMOS AROUND 710 PM CDT.
  LITCHFIELD AROUND 730 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LAKESIDE...STROUT...CORVUSO AND CEDAR MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4479 9452 4480 9467 4513 9474 4511 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 180DEG 31KT 4486 9460 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CLF
1 follow-up statement
538 
WWUS53 KMPX 170024
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
724 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

MNC093-129-170033-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150517T0030Z/
MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
724 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND
NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MEEKER AND 
MCLEOD COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4479 9452 4480 9467 4513 9474 4511 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 180DEG 31KT 4486 9460 

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville30 min
May 16, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Swift26 min
May 16, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker25 min
May 16, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker35 min
May 16, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas, Pope31 min
May 16, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns50 min
May 16, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns35 min
May 16, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Sherburne, Wright39 min
May 16, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne, Wright2 hr
May 17, 7:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville33 min
May 17, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Renville, Swift35 min
May 17, 9:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd52 min
May 17, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault24 min
May 17, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns27 min
May 17, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa23 min
May 17, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker30 min
May 17, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca27 min
May 17, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault30 min
May 17, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca26 min
May 17, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker29 min
May 17, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca37 min
May 17, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton29 min
May 17, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker28 min
May 17, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton36 min
May 17, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne33 min
May 17, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker36 min
May 17, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota27 min
May 17, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs33 min
May 17, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne28 min
May 17, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne32 min
May 17, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue34 min
May 17, 6:16 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 26 more10 hr

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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.