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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 7:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min. 6 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 | 2 Sw Maple Grove, MN | BASS LAKE RD WEST BOUND AT NOTTINGHAM PARKWAY - STREET LIGHT ARM IS BENT SO FAR THAT LIGHTS NO LONGER POINT AT TRAFFIC LANES. ARM IS TWISTED ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM CORRECT POSITION. ALSO, NUMEROUS TREES DOWN OF AROUND 8 IN DIAMETER. |
| 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, 7:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 52 | Burnsville, MN | ONE POOL LOUNGE CHAIR TOSSED INTO THE DEEP END OF THE CONDO POOL. WIND MEASURED WITH PRIVATE DAVIS WEATHER STATION. |
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Burnsville, MN | SECTION OF LARGE PRIVACY FENCE BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED AT MC ANDREWS ROAD, BURNSVILLE, MN. |
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 Nnw Burnsville, MN | MESONET STATION BURNSVILLE 2NNW /MN086/. |
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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 401 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
992
WUUS53 KMPX 060024
SVRMPX
MNC019-037-053-123-139-060115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0131.160706T0024Z-160706T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
724 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLOOMINGTON...
OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BURNSVILLE AND MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 730 PM CDT.
EAGAN AND APPLE VALLEY AROUND 740 PM CDT.
ROSEMOUNT AROUND 745 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
SNELLING...NORTH MINNEAPOLIS...FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT...OSSEO...SOUTH ST
PAUL AIRPORT...NEW HOPE...SOUTH ST PAUL...COMO PARK...CRYSTAL AIRPORT AND
UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS.
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 4520 9355 4511 9328 4504 9328 4504 9323
4509 9322 4501 9299 4489 9299 4489 9302
4478 9302 4477 9298 4471 9299 4481 9374
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 293DEG 33KT 4483 9337
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
375
WWUS53 KMPX 060033
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC019-060042-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-160706T0115Z/
CARVER MN-
733 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4514 9339 4511 9328 4504 9328 4504 9323
4509 9322 4501 9299 4489 9299 4489 9302
4478 9302 4477 9298 4471 9299 4478 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 293DEG 33KT 4480 9327
$$
MNC037-053-123-139-060115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-160706T0115Z/
HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-DAKOTA MN-RAMSEY MN-
733 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND
RAMSEY COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BURNSVILLE...OR
11 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROSEMOUNT AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
SNELLING...NORTH MINNEAPOLIS...FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT...SOUTH ST PAUL
AIRPORT...NEW HOPE...SOUTH ST PAUL...COMO PARK...CRYSTAL AIRPORT...UNIV OF
MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS AND MEDICINE LAKE.
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 4514 9339 4511 9328 4504 9328 4504 9323
4509 9322 4501 9299 4489 9299 4489 9302
4478 9302 4477 9298 4471 9299 4478 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 293DEG 33KT 4480 9327
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB072
WWUS53 KMPX 060053
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
753 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC037-053-123-139-060103-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-160706T0115Z/
HENNEPIN MN-SCOTT MN-DAKOTA MN-RAMSEY MN-
753 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HENNEPIN...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND RAMSEY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4514 9339 4511 9328 4504 9328 4504 9323
4509 9322 4501 9299 4489 9299 4489 9302
4478 9302 4477 9298 4471 9299 4478 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 293DEG 33KT 4472 9302
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Carver, Dakota, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice and 2 more | 118 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
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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.