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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Le Sueur County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 14 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, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 7:14 PM CDT	HIGH SUST WINDS 20	1 Wnw Shakopee, MN	MESONET STATION SHAKOPEE 1W /SHAKO/.
Jul 5, 7:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 57	3 W New Prague, MN	MESONET STATION NEW PRAGUE 2W /MN079/.
Jul 5, 7:15 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 24	New Prague, MN	MESONET STATION NEW PRAGUE /D6276/.
Jul 5, 7:15 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 57	2 Wsw New Prague, MN	MESONET STATION NEW PRAGUE 2W /MN079/.
Jul 5, 7:15 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 57	3 W New Prague, MN	MESONET STATION NEW PRAGUE 2W /MN079/.
Jul 5, 7:18 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 54	2 Sw Prior Lake, MN	MESONET STATION PRIOR LAKE 2WSW /C1248/.
Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 40	1 Nnw Prior Lake, MN	MESONET STATION PRIOR LAKE /AS421/.
Jul 5, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sse Prior Lake, MN	SIDING RIPPED OFF HOUSE NEW CONSTRUCTION. REPORTED AT HWY 13 AND 160TH STREER, PRIOR LAKE, MN.
Jul 5, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	1 N Savage, MN	HAND HELD ANEMOMETER. REPORTED AT HWY 13 AND CR 42 STREER, SAVAGE, MN.
Jul 5, 7:28 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 24	2 Wnw Savage, MN	MESONET STATION SAVAGE 2WNW /E9044/.
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Prior Lake, MN	LARGE TREES BRANCHES DOWN.
Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Prior Lake, MN	PRIVATE WEATHER EQUIPMENT.
Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 31	Elko, MN	MESONET STATION ELKO /E5840/.
Jul 5, 7:37 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 31	4 Ne Henderson, MN	MESONET STATION HENDERSON 4ENE /MN075/.

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.

963 
WUUS53 KMPX 052347
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-139-060045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0127.160705T2347Z-160706T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLE PLAINE...
  OR 31 MILES NORTH OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLE PLAINE AROUND 650 PM CDT. 
  JORDAN AROUND 700 PM CDT. 
  NEW PRAGUE AROUND 705 PM CDT. 
  LONSDALE AROUND 715 PM CDT. 
  WEBSTER AND ELKO NEW MARKET AROUND 720 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CREDIT
RIVER...MARYSTOWN...ST THOMAS...HEIDELBERG...ST BENEDICT...MN VALLEY STATE
REC AREA...VESELI AND HELENA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 110.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4445 9393 4451 9388 4456 9392 4462 9385
      4463 9379 4470 9367 4470 9364 4476 9362
      4478 9359 4477 9333 4442 9331 4442 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 275DEG 37KT 4461 9384 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

3 follow-up statements

078 
WWUS53 KMPX 060005
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-131-139-060045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-160706T0045Z/
SCOTT MN-RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
705 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN RICE AND NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HEIDELBERG...OR
22 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTGOMERY AROUND 710 PM CDT. 
  LONSDALE AROUND 720 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CREDIT
RIVER...MARYSTOWN...ST THOMAS...HEIDELBERG...ST BENEDICT...MN VALLEY STATE
REC AREA...VESELI AND HELENA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4445 9393 4451 9388 4456 9392 4462 9385
      4463 9379 4470 9367 4470 9364 4476 9362
      4478 9359 4477 9333 4442 9331 4442 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 288DEG 35KT 4448 9366 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

050 
WWUS53 KMPX 060022
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-131-139-060045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-160706T0045Z/
SCOTT MN-RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
722 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN RICE AND NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR
COUNTIES...

AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LONSDALE...OR 12
MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEBSTER AND ELKO NEW MARKET AROUND 725 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CREDIT
RIVER...VESELI AND HEIDELBERG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4455 9359 4478 9349 4477 9333 4442 9331
      4442 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 275DEG 37KT 4446 9342 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JRB

485 
WWUS53 KMPX 060036
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-060045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-160706T0045Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
736 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4444 9353 4451 9353 4454 9350 4478 9344
      4477 9333 4442 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 275DEG 37KT 4445 9321 

$$

MNC131-139-060045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-160706T0045Z/
SCOTT MN-RICE MN-
736 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DUNDAS...OR OVER
NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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
EASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS: CREDIT RIVER AND VESELI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4444 9353 4451 9353 4454 9350 4478 9344
      4477 9333 4442 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 275DEG 37KT 4445 9321 

HAIL...1.50IN
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, 3:38 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, 6:10 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, 6:48 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

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.