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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 9 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, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 50	3 Ese Belgrade, MN	MESONET STATION BELGRADE 3ESE /MN043/.
Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 36	3 Ne Willmar, MN	MESONET STATION WILLMAR 2ENE /E4991/.
Jul 5, 4:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 69	1 N Paynesville, MN
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Paynesville, MN	LARGE TREE DOWN IN YARD. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Manannah, MN	1 FOOT DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN POWER LOST.
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Eden Valley, MN	1 FOOT DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN POWER LOST.
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 E Manannah, MN
Jul 5, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	3 W Eden Valley, MN
Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 43	1 Wsw Paynesville, MN	AWOS STATION PAYNESVILLE AP /PEX/.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

849 
WUUS53 KMPX 052038
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-145-052130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0112.160705T2038Z-160705T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 337 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BELGRADE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAYNESVILLE AROUND 355 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...KANDIYOHI...HAWICK...ELROSA...LAKE KORONIS
REGIONAL PARK...NORWAY LAKE...MANANNAH...PENNOCK AND ROSCOE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 69...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 74 AND 94.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 156.

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
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4546 9456 4524 9454 4508 9472 4515 9525
      4539 9524 4541 9520 4541 9513 4546 9513
      4557 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 289DEG 37KT 4539 9502 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

2 follow-up statements

513 
WWUS53 KMPX 052049
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-145-052130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160705T2130Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
349 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND NORTHERN KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES...

AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWICK...OR 16
MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PAYNESVILLE AROUND 400 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...KANDIYOHI...HAWICK...ELROSA...LAKE KORONIS
REGIONAL PARK...NORWAY LAKE...MANANNAH...PENNOCK AND ROSCOE.

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
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4546 9456 4524 9454 4508 9472 4515 9525
      4534 9524 4537 9515 4548 9504 4557 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 289DEG 36KT 4534 9488 

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

JRB

933 
WWUS53 KMPX 052100
SVSMPX

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

MNC067-093-145-052130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160705T2130Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND CENTRAL KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES...

AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE KORONIS
REGIONAL PARK...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 45
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 STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND CENTRAL KANDIYOHI
COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MANANNAH...LAKE
HENRY...PENNOCK... ROSCOE...KANDIYOHI...PAYNESVILLE
AIRPORT...HAWICK...LAKE KORONIS REGIONAL PARK...REGAL AND GREEN LAKE.

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
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4546 9456 4524 9454 4508 9472 4515 9525
      4525 9524 4528 9500 4541 9488 4552 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 289DEG 37KT 4530 9472 

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

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	47 min
Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens, Swift	43 min
Jul 5, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	29 min
Jul 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	44 min
Jul 5, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	30 min
Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	40 min
Jul 5, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens, Swift	48 min
Jul 5, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	34 min
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	35 min
Jul 5, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	37 min
Jul 5, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	43 min
Jul 5, 2:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Swift	26 min
Jul 5, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Swift	65 min
Jul 5, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Swift	32 min
Jul 5, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns	38 min
Jul 5, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	32 min
Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Swift	18 min
Jul 5, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	49 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa	32 min
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	55 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	66 min
Jul 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	62 min
Jul 5, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	31 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	24 min
Jul 5, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	28 min
Jul 5, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville	53 min
Jul 5, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	59 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	15 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker	26 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley	53 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	49 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	63 min
Jul 5, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	65 min
Jul 5, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	2 hr
Jul 5, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Renville, Scott, Sibley	2 hr
Jul 5, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Sibley	47 min
Jul 5, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	58 min
Jul 5, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	12 min
Jul 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	63 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.