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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 6:57 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 7:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Mankato, MN	TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE.
Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 36	1 N Skyline, MN	MESONET STATION SKYLINE /MN073/.
Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 39	5 Nnw Eagle Lake, MN	AWOS STATION MANKATO AP /MKT/.

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
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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.

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.

100 
WUUS53 KMPX 052357
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-103-060100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0129.160705T2357Z-160706T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSHAWA...OR 13
  MILES NORTH OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  ST. PETER AND KASOTA AROUND 710 PM CDT. 
  CLEVELAND AROUND 720 PM CDT. 
  LE CENTER AND MADISON LAKE AROUND 725 PM CDT. 
  ELYSIAN AROUND 735 PM CDT. 
  WATERVILLE AROUND 740 PM CDT. 

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4425 9437 4427 9442 4433 9445 4436 9452
      4437 9452 4446 9430 4446 9393 4448 9390
      4444 9353 4420 9352 4420 9376 4406 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 287DEG 31KT 4436 9408 

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

JRB

2 follow-up statements

316 
WWUS53 KMPX 060026
SVSMPX

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

MNC013-079-103-060100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-160706T0100Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-LE SUEUR MN-
726 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR
COUNTIES...

AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLEVELAND...OR
12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LE CENTER AND MADISON LAKE AROUND 730 PM CDT. 
  ELYSIAN AROUND 745 PM CDT. 
  WATERVILLE AROUND 755 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENLAND...ST HENRY...JUDSON...LAKE JEFFERSON...SMITHS MILL...OSHAWA...
MANKATO AIRPORT...OTTAWA AND KILKENNY.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4425 9437 4430 9444 4433 9445 4433 9446
      4443 9378 4444 9353 4420 9352 4420 9376
      4406 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 287DEG 27KT 4430 9383 

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

JRB

600 
WWUS53 KMPX 060039
SVSMPX

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

MNC013-079-103-060100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-160706T0100Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-LE SUEUR MN-
739 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET AND SOUTHERN LE SUEUR
COUNTIES...

AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELYSIAN...OR 16
MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WATERVILLE AROUND 750 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENLAND...JUDSON...LAKE JEFFERSON...SMITHS MILL...OSHAWA...MANKATO
AIRPORT AND KILKENNY.

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 SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4425 9437 4434 9391 4444 9353 4420 9352
      4420 9376 4406 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 287DEG 31KT 4427 9368 

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

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, 6:47 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

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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.