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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 24, 2016Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 24, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2016-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WUUS53 KMPX 250217
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-WIC093-250245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0001.160425T0217Z-160425T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
917 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 916 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WANAMINGO...OR
  17 MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GOODHUE AROUND 925 PM CDT. 
  RED WING AND WELCH AROUND 935 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HADER...
HAGER CITY...RED WING AIRPORT...VASA...DIAMOND BLUFF AND MIESVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 105.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9264 4422 9287 4472 9279 4470 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 192DEG 56KT 4431 9274 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE
2 follow-up statements
882 
WWUS53 KMPX 250229
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
929 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNC037-049-WIC093-250245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
929 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA...CENTRAL GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE
COUNTIES...

AT 929 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VASA...OR 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED WING AND WELCH AROUND 940 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HADER...
HAGER CITY...RED WING AIRPORT...VASA...DIAMOND BLUFF AND MIESVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9264 4440 9284 4472 9279 4470 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 186DEG 44KT 4443 9272 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE
075 
WWUS53 KMPX 250240
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
940 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNC037-049-WIC093-250249-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
940 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA...CENTRAL
GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4420 9264 4440 9284 4472 9279 4470 9241
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 192DEG 56KT 4443 9272 

$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Martin23 min
Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Watonwan34 min
Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Nicollet47 min
Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca32 min
Apr 24, 8:23 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXRice, Steele, Waseca13 min
Apr 24, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele16 min
Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Rice24 min
Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin, Watonwan40 min
Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan34 min
Apr 25, 8:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin41 min
Apr 25, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur33 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca48 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.