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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ssw Becker, MN	POLE BARN BLOWN DOWN DEBRIS ON ROADWAY.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.

527 
WUUS53 KMPX 052147
SVRMPX
MNC141-171-052215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0117.160705T2147Z-160705T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILVER
  CREEK... OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 55 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...
  MONTICELLO AROUND 455 PM CDT. 
  BIG LAKE AROUND 500 PM CDT. 
  ALBERTVILLE AROUND 505 PM CDT. 
  ST. MICHAEL AND OTSEGO AROUND 510 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ENFIELD... HASTY AND SILVER CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 205.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 217.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 166.

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 4541 9351 4524 9352 4522 9353 4523 9356
      4521 9360 4521 9364 4519 9366 4517 9364
      4518 9366 4531 9414 4535 9409 4542 9405
      4545 9406
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 290DEG 50KT 4530 9402 

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

JRB

2 follow-up statements

476 
WWUS53 KMPX 052209
SVSMPX

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

MNC141-171-052215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
509 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE AND NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 509 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROGERS...OR 12
MILES EAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 60 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
SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE AND NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES.

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 4524 9352 4522 9353 4523 9356 4521 9360
      4521 9364 4519 9366 4517 9364 4518 9366
      4527 9399 4537 9385 4540 9381 4536 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 290DEG 50KT 4519 9360 

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

JRB

639 
WWUS53 KMPX 052212 CCA
SVSMPX

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

MNC141-171-052215-
/O.COR.KMPX.SV.W.0117.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
512 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE AND NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 511 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROGERS...OR 12
MILES EAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.

HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELK RIVER...ST. MICHAEL...OTSEGO...MONTICELLO...
BIG LAKE AND ALBERTVILLE.

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 4524 9352 4522 9353 4523 9356 4521 9360
      4521 9364 4519 9366 4517 9364 4518 9366
      4527 9399 4537 9385 4540 9381 4536 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 290DEG 50KT 4519 9360 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$

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, 3:38 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, 4:28 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, 4:52 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.