Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 7, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 7, 8:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 W Waite Park, MN | OCCURRED AT FLEET FARM. |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
989
WUUS53 KMPX 080117
SVRMPX
MNC009-141-145-080200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0138.160708T0117Z-160708T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 817 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAUK
RAPIDS... OR OVER ST. CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON
COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
RONNEBY...GLENDORADO...PARENT...OAK PARK...ST CLOUD
AIRPORT...DUELM...GILMAN...RUM RIVER...MAYHEW AND GRANITE LEDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 172.
U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 184.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4557 9376 4545 9422 4561 9433 4583 9381
4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 243DEG 26KT 4557 9416
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
133
WWUS53 KMPX 080136
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
MNC141-145-080145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160708T0200Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-
836 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL STEARNS AND
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4582 9377 4557 9376 4555 9383 4556 9414
4557 9417 4560 9420 4562 9421 4567 9419
4583 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 243DEG 26KT 4563 9399
$$
MNC009-080200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160708T0200Z/
BENTON MN-
836 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR BENTON COUNTY...
AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PARENT...OR 10
MILES EAST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. CLOUD...SAUK RAPIDS...FOLEY...GLENDORADO...GRANITE LEDGE...
GILMAN...OAK PARK...RONNEBY...PARENT...DUELM...RUM RIVER AND MAYHEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4582 9377 4557 9376 4555 9383 4556 9414
4557 9417 4560 9420 4562 9421 4567 9419
4583 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 243DEG 26KT 4563 9399
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$829
WWUS53 KMPX 080153
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
853 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
MNC009-080203-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0138.000000T0000Z-160708T0200Z/
BENTON MN-
853 PM CDT THU JUL 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4582 9377 4557 9376 4555 9383 4556 9414
4557 9417 4560 9420 4562 9421 4567 9419
4583 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 243DEG 26KT 4563 9399
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 60 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.