Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 10:58 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Jackson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2016, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
114
WUUS53 KFSD 170358 RRA
SVRFSD
MNC033-063-170445-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0124.160717T0358Z-160717T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1058 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1058 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOUNTAIN
LAKE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN COTTONWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4395 9519 4400 9486 4364 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 310DEG 32KT 4394 9493
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HANKO1 follow-up statement
077
WWUS53 KFSD 170432
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1132 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC033-063-170445-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160717T0445Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-
1132 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COTTONWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 1132 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BERGEN...OR 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINDOM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...BERGEN AND BINGHAM LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4391 9515 4400 9486 4364 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 282DEG 37KT 4382 9498
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 54 min |
| Jul 16, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.