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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 7, 3:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ne Myrtle, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN ON FARMSTEAD. TIME ESTIMATED. . |
| Jul 7, 3:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albert Lea, MN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF ALBERT LEA. A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS TOOK A HIT FROM A TREE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 7, 3:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albert Lea, MN | TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
172
WUUS53 KMPX 070800
SVRMPX
MNC047-070830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0137.160707T0800Z-160707T0830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 300 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HAYWARD...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ALBERT LEA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERT LEA...CLARKS GROVE...GLENVILLE...GENEVA...HARTLAND...
LONDON...HOLLANDALE...HAYWARD...TWIN LAKES...MANCHESTER...
MYRTLE AND ALBERT LEA AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 24.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 151 AND 173.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9344 4384 9353 4385 9308 4385 9305
4373 9305 4350 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 256DEG 49KT 4365 9320
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWE1 follow-up statement
860
WWUS53 KMPX 070823
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
323 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
MNC047-070830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-160707T0830Z/
FREEBORN MN-
323 AM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY...
AT 323 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BROOKSIDE
CAMPGROUND...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4378 9318 4385 9330 4385 9305 4373 9305
4374 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 248DEG 43KT 4381 9304
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 4 more | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Watonwan | 88 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.