Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT for Todd 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
- May 24, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
645 WUUS53 KMPX 242328 SVRMPX MNC153-250015- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0011.160524T2328Z-160525T0015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 628 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLOTHO...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONG PRAIRIE...BROWERVILLE...CLARISSA AND CLOTHO. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 200. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4597 9514 4613 9512 4616 9466 4588 9466 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 276DEG 22KT 4605 9505 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
609 WWUS53 KMPX 242345 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 645 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 MNC153-250015- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160525T0015Z/ TODD MN- 645 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL TODD COUNTY... AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG PRAIRIE... OR 24 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONG PRAIRIE...BROWERVILLE AND CLOTHO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4596 9507 4611 9500 4610 9466 4588 9466 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 289DEG 27KT 4603 9488 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ RAH
044
WWUS53 KMPX 250002
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC153-250015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160525T0015Z/
TODD MN-
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...
AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LONG PRAIRIE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25
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 EAST
CENTRAL TODD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4597 9484 4611 9485 4610 9466 4591 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 276DEG 22KT 4602 9472
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB892
WWUS53 KMPX 250011
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC153-250021-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160525T0015Z/
TODD MN-
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4597 9484 4611 9485 4610 9466 4591 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 276DEG 22KT 4602 9472
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 64 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 23 min |
| May 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.