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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2016Benton County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 6:18 PM CDT for Benton County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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
May 24, 2016, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 Nw Royalton, MNHWY 10 MILE MARKER 157 WINDSHIELD BROKE
May 24, 6:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ene Royalton, MNUP TO 10 SMALL TREES 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

776 
WUUS53 KMPX 242318
SVRMPX
MNC009-097-250000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0010.160524T2318Z-160525T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BOWLUS...OR 12
  MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROYALTON...BOWLUS...RICE AND BUCKMAN. 

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149
AND 161.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4590 9401 4577 9422 4577 9450 4578 9450
      4599 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 226DEG 19KT 4580 9436 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

RAH
2 follow-up statements
015 
WWUS53 KMPX 242344
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
644 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

MNC009-242354-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160525T0000Z/
BENTON MN-
644 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4590 9401 4582 9420 4582 9435 4599 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 226DEG 19KT 4590 9422 

$$

MNC097-250000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160525T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
644 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY...

AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROYALTON...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
ROYALTON AND BUCKMAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4590 9401 4582 9420 4582 9435 4599 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 226DEG 19KT 4590 9422 

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

JRB
704 
WWUS53 KMPX 242358
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

MNC097-250008-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160525T0000Z/
MORRISON MN-
658 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4590 9401 4582 9420 4582 9435 4599 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 226DEG 19KT 4590 9422 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright64 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi23 min
May 24, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi58 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville42 min
May 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns32 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod27 min
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns36 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod34 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison25 min
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley50 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley32 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.