Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT for Carver County, Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
- May 24, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nnw Belle Plaine, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
555 WUUS53 KMPX 250030 SVRMPX MNC019-139-143-250115- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0013.160525T0030Z-160525T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 730 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELLE PLAINE... OR 33 MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW PRAGUE...BELLE PLAINE...JORDAN...HELENA...ST BENEDICT AND MN VALLEY STATE REC AREA. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 101. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4471 9385 4470 9353 4454 9355 4455 9390 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 288DEG 12KT 4463 9379 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
715
WWUS53 KMPX 250047
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC019-143-250055-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
CARVER MN-SIBLEY MN-
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER AND EAST
CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4455 9384 4464 9378 4465 9374 4466 9354
4454 9355 4454 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 288DEG 12KT 4461 9372
$$
MNC139-250115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
SCOTT MN-
747 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY...
AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELLE PLAINE...
OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PRAGUE...BELLE PLAINE...JORDAN...HELENA AND ST BENEDICT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4455 9384 4464 9378 4465 9374 4466 9354
4454 9355 4454 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 288DEG 12KT 4461 9372
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
RAH971
WWUS53 KMPX 250103
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC139-250115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
SCOTT MN-
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...
AT 803 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST BENEDICT...OR
25 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLE PLAINE...JORDAN...HELENA AND ST BENEDICT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9374 4462 9376 4465 9374 4466 9354
4456 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 288DEG 12KT 4459 9364
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB148
WWUS53 KMPX 250110
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC139-250120-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160525T0115Z/
SCOTT MN-
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4460 9374 4462 9376 4465 9374 4466 9354
4456 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 288DEG 12KT 4459 9364
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 47 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 44 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.