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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2016Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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 10, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 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 10, 1:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Millerville, MN	LATE REPORT. SEVERAL BIG TREES SNAPPED OFF.
Jul 10, 1:05 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millerville, MN	FIVE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB SEVERED. BIRD FEEDER TOPPLED.
Jul 10, 1:06 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Millerville, MN	TREE LIMBS DOWN. PICNIC TABLE FLIPPED.
Jul 10, 1:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Millerville, MN	POWER POLES DOWN 1.5 MILES EAST OF TOWN.

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 9, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WUUS53 KMPX 100600
SVRMPX
MNC041-100645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0139.160710T0600Z-160710T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
100 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 100 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM URBANK TO NEAR ELBOW LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
  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. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLOS AROUND 140 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GARFIELD...ROSE CITY...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY...BELLE
RIVER...MELBY AND MILTONA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND
98.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4598 9515 4577 9576 4611 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 303DEG 22KT 4613 9554 4595 9600 

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

JPC

2 follow-up statements

683 
WWUS53 KMPX 100623
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
123 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

MNC041-100645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-160710T0645Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
123 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 122 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEAF VALLEY TO NEAR BRANDON TO HOFFMAN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST 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. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDRIA AND CARLOS AROUND 145 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE ROSE
CITY...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY...BELLE RIVER...GARFIELD AND
MILTONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4598 9515 4577 9576 4594 9577
      4599 9564 4611 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 321DEG 26KT 4609 9547 4590 9559 4582 9581 

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

JPC

581 
WWUS53 KMPX 100636
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
136 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

MNC041-100645-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-160710T0645Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
136 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY...

AT 136 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEAF VALLEY TO NEAR HOLMES CITY TO KENSINGTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDRIA AND CARLOS AROUND 145 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE ROSE
CITY...LEAF VALLEY...BELLE RIVER...GARFIELD AND MILTONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4611 9514 4598 9515 4577 9576 4589 9577
      4596 9556 4611 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 301DEG 23KT 4606 9538 4587 9550 4579 9572 

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

JPC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Stevens, Todd	32 min
Jul 10, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd	42 min
Jul 10, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	49 min
Jul 10, 2:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Stearns, Swift	68 min
Jul 10, 3:22 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	8 hr
Jul 10, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sherburne, Wright	62 min
Jul 10, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more	56 min
Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	26 min
Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	41 min

Nearby

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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.