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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2016Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 7:56 PM CDT for Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 8:25 PM CDT	HIGH SUST WINDS 16	1 N Owatonna, MN	MESONET STATION OWATONNA /OWTNN/.
Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Owatonna, MN	A FEW TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waseca, MN	TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN OVER A GOOD PART OF TOWN,.
Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waseca, MN	TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN OVER A GOOD PART OF TOWN,.
Jul 5, 8:36 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 50	5 Nne Ellendale, MN	MESONET STATION ELLENDALE 5NNE /MN096/.
Jul 5, 8:39 PM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 40	3 Nw Owatonna, MN	AWOS STATION OWATONNA AP /OWA/.

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 359 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: 1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

539 
WUUS53 KMPX 060056
SVRMPX
MNC147-161-060200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0133.160706T0056Z-160706T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JANESVILLE...
  OR 16 MILES EAST OF MANKATO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...
  WASECA AROUND 805 PM CDT. 
  ELLENDALE AROUND 835 PM CDT. 
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 850 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LEMOND...
OTISCO...BIXBY...OWATONNA AIRPORT...HOPE...STEELE CENTER...MOLAND...MERTON...
ALMA CITY AND DEERFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 49.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 182.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4392 9377 4420 9376 4419 9305 4385 9305
      4385 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 292DEG 33KT 4410 9366 

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

JRB

2 follow-up statements

644 
WWUS53 KMPX 060123
SVSMPX

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

MNC147-161-060200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-
823 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR STEELE AND SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTIES...

AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOPE...OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWATONNA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 850 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LEMOND...
HOPE...STEELE CENTER...OTISCO AND BIXBY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4392 9377 4403 9336 4419 9305 4385 9305
      4385 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 292DEG 33KT 4400 9333 

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

JRB

662 
WWUS53 KMPX 060153
SVSMPX

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

MNC147-161-060202-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-
853 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEELE AND SOUTHERN WASECA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4392 9377 4403 9336 4419 9305 4385 9305
      4385 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 292DEG 33KT 4400 9333 

$$

JRB

The 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, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	29 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, 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.