Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Washington County, MN, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:47 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 18 | 2 Sw Hugo, MN | MESONET STATION HUGO 2WSW /E0784/. |
| Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | River Falls, WI | . |
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, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
935
WUUS53 KMPX 052310
SVRMPX
MNC163-WIC109-060015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0124.160705T2310Z-160706T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
610 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIRCHWOOD
VILLAGE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
STILLWATER AND AFTON AROUND 625 PM CDT.
BAYPORT AROUND 630 PM CDT.
HUDSON...NORTH HUDSON AND SOMERSET AROUND 635 PM CDT.
ROBERTS AROUND 650 PM CDT.
HAMMOND AROUND 705 PM CDT.
BALDWIN AROUND 710 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4514 9236 4486 9237 4486 9276 4485 9278
4500 9278 4507 9295 4512 9299 4513 9302
4522 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 278DEG 27KT 4505 9299
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
629
WWUS53 KMPX 052343
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
643 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC163-WIC109-060015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-160706T0015Z/
WASHINGTON MN-ST. CROIX WI-
643 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURKHARDT...OR
10 MILES NORTH OF RIVER FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROBERTS AROUND 650 PM CDT.
HAMMOND AROUND 700 PM CDT.
BALDWIN AROUND 710 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURKHARDT...LAKELAND...BOARDMAN...LAKELAND SHORES...OAK PARK HEIGHTS...
HOULTON...ST MARYS POINT...NEW RICHMOND AIRPORT...WILLOW RIVER STATE
PARK AND LAKE ST CROIX BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4514 9236 4486 9237 4486 9276 4485 9278
4500 9278 4504 9287 4510 9287 4520 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 278DEG 27KT 4501 9263
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 4:28 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, 6:14 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 |
| Jul 5, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.