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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 2016Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 8:34 AM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
Jun 30, 2016, 8:34 AM CDT (13:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:34 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
Jun 30, 8:35 AM CDTHAIL 0.753 E Faribault, MNNICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED. .

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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2016-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1086 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

555 
WUUS53 KMPX 301334
SVRMPX
MNC131-301400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.160630T1334Z-160630T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
834 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 834 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARIBAULT...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  FARIBAULT AIRPORT AND RUSKIN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 62.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4436 9337 4441 9313 4429 9304 4420 9305
      4419 9305 4420 9334
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 341DEG 10KT 4432 9322 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
993 
WWUS53 KMPX 301350
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

MNC131-301400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160630T1400Z/
RICE MN-
850 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY...

AT 850 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RUSKIN...OR
NEAR FARIBAULT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARIBAULT AND RUSKIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4430 9328 4433 9312 4429 9304 4420 9305
      4419 9305 4420 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 341DEG 10KT 4428 9320 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood36 min
Jun 30, 6:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey46 min
Jun 30, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood42 min
Jun 30, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue57 min
Jun 30, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice27 min
Jun 30, 10:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown40 min
Jun 30, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet, Sibley38 min
Jun 30, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Steele, Waseca49 min
Jun 30, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca40 min
Jun 30, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn31 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.