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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 3:27 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 5, 2016, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-403 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

639 
WUUS53 KMPX 052027
SVRMPX
MNC151-052045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0111.160705T2027Z-160705T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 327 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAGEN...OR
  16 MILES NORTH OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTH CENTRAL SWIFT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  HAGEN AND DANVERS.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 34.
 
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 4516 9599 4534 9575 4515 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 295DEG 34KT 4518 9578 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift43 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, 3:38 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

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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.