Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 2:17 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 5, 2016, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jul 5, 2:55 PM CDTTORNADO4 N Appleton, MNNEAR HWY 59 AND 200TH AVE.
Jul 5, 3:05 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Appleton, MNSPOTTED ON GROUND ALONG HWY 59 TO THE NE OF APPLETON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

299 
WUUS53 KMPX 051917
SVRMPX
MNC151-052000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0107.160705T1917Z-160705T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
217 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 216 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTICHOKE
  LAKE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF ORTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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 BE NEAR...
  LAKE OLIVER AROUND 225 PM CDT. 
  APPLETON AROUND 230 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOLLOWAY...HAGEN...DANVERS AND APPLETON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 36.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 153.

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 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4527 9611 4541 9612 4541 9573 4515 9573
      4515 9604 4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 279DEG 41KT 4530 9618 

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

JRB
1 follow-up statement
227 
WWUS53 KMPX 051949
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
249 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC151-052000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-160705T2000Z/
SWIFT MN-
249 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SWIFT COUNTY...

AT 248 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOLLOWAY...OR
22 MILES SOUTH OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST 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
WESTERN SWIFT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: HOLLOWAY...
HAGEN...DANVERS AND APPLETON AIRPORT.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4532 9611 4541 9598 4541 9573 4515 9573
      4515 9604 4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
      4527 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 278DEG 32KT 4527 9593 

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

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens47 min
Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift43 min
Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift29 min
Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift44 min
Jul 5, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens30 min
Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens40 min
Jul 5, 5:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens, Swift48 min
Jul 5, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens34 min
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens35 min
Jul 5, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens37 min
Jul 5, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift26 min
Jul 5, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Swift65 min
Jul 5, 2:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXSwift32 min
Jul 5, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns38 min
Jul 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa32 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift18 min
Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns52 min
Jul 5, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift49 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa32 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns55 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi66 min
Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright62 min
Jul 5, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker, Wright31 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi24 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Wright28 min
Jul 5, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville53 min
Jul 5, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin59 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright15 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker26 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley53 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine49 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington63 min
Jul 5, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington65 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington2 hr
Jul 5, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, McLeod, Renville, Scott, Sibley2 hr
Jul 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley47 min
Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Scott58 min
Jul 5, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington12 min
Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.