Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 4:28 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 20 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, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Se South Haven, MN | HEAVY RAINS TOO. |
| Jul 5, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 W Annandale, MN | HEAVY RAINS TOO. |
| Jul 5, 4:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Annandale, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | South Haven, MN | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. TREES SNAPPED OFF BETWEEN SOUTH HAVEN AND ANNANDALE. |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Annandale, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING HWY 55. |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 13 | 1 W Howard Lake, MN | MESONET STATION HOWARD LAKE 1W /D6086/. |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Hanover, MN | 20 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED ABOUT 20 FT UP. NUMEROUS 2 TO 3 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER BRANHES DOWN. REPORTED AT 118 JANSEN AVE SE, HANOVER. |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Annandale, MN | 50 FT BOAT FLIPPED. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAWING TREES AWAY FROM HWY 55. |
| Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Becker, MN | POLE BARN BLOWN DOWN DEBRIS ON ROADWAY. |
| Jul 5, 5:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 2 Ssw Maple Lake, MN | MESONET STATION MAPLE LAKE 2SSW /E1587/. |
| Jul 5, 5:05 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 32 | 1 W French Lake, MN | MESONET STATION FRENCH LAKE /E6789/. |
| Jul 5, 5:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 71 | 3 Ssw South Haven, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 5:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 S Buffalo, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Ssw South Haven, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Buffalo, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | 2 Se Buffalo, MN | AWOS STATION BUFFALO AP /CFE/. |
| Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nnw Greenfield, MN | TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. . |
| Jul 5, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Hanover, MN | . |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw St. Michael, MN | WEST FACING SIDING TORN OFF AND SHINGLES TORN OFF ON NORTHWEST CORNERS OF 3 HOUSES. REPORTED AT 30TH ST NE, AND KALE AVE, ST MICHAEL . |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Becker, MN | BARN BLOWN APART. POWER POLE ALSO SNAPPED HERE. |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
827
WUUS53 KMPX 052128
SVRMPX
MNC171-052230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0116.160705T2128Z-160705T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
428 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 427 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH
HAVEN... OR 19 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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 BE NEAR...
MAPLE LAKE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
BUFFALO AND HOWARD LAKE AROUND 445 PM CDT.
MONTROSE AROUND 450 PM CDT.
DELANO AND ROCKFORD AROUND 500 PM CDT.
INDEPENDENCE AROUND 505 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HANOVER... SMITH LAKE...SOUTH HAVEN...SILVER
CREEK...WAVERLY...FRENCH LAKE...BUFFALO AIRPORT...RASSAT AND
GREENFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 206.
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 140.
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 CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4530 9377 4526 9356 4521 9357 4519 9366
4516 9364 4513 9371 4508 9376 4498 9377
4499 9426 4529 9426 4532 9422 4531 9414
4535 9409 4538 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 303DEG 44KT 4524 9425
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
182
WWUS53 KMPX 052136
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC171-052230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-160705T2230Z/
WRIGHT MN-
436 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR WRIGHT COUNTY...
AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRENCH
LAKE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.
HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAPLE LAKE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
BUFFALO AND HOWARD LAKE AROUND 445 PM CDT.
MONTROSE AROUND 450 PM CDT.
DELANO AND ROCKFORD AROUND 500 PM CDT.
INDEPENDENCE AROUND 505 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HANOVER... SMITH LAKE...SOUTH HAVEN...WAVERLY...FRENCH
LAKE...BUFFALO AIRPORT... RASSAT AND GREENFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
WIDEPSREAD WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IN MEEKER COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4508 9376 4498 9377 4499 9426 4529 9426
4532 9422 4531 9414 4517 9365 4516 9364
4513 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 303DEG 44KT 4518 9412
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...80MPH
$$
JRB602
WWUS53 KMPX 052211
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
511 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC171-052230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-160705T2230Z/
WRIGHT MN-
511 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY...
AT 510 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ORONO...OR 16
MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 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
SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
HANOVER...BUFFALO AIRPORT...RASSAT...WAVERLY AND GREENFIELD.
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 CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4508 9376 4498 9377 4499 9404 4513 9400
4526 9398 4517 9365 4516 9364 4513 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 303DEG 44KT 4494 9360
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRB674
WWUS53 KMPX 052226
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC171-052235-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0116.000000T0000Z-160705T2230Z/
WRIGHT MN-
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4508 9376 4498 9377 4499 9404 4513 9400
4526 9398 4517 9365 4516 9364 4513 9371
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 303DEG 44KT 4494 9360
$$
JRBThe 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 | 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, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 52 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, 4:29 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.