Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 2:58 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2016, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
069
WUUS53 KMPX 251958
SVRMPX
MNC103-129-143-252045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0014.160525T1958Z-160525T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
258 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST GEORGE...OR
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRFAX...GIBBON...LAFAYETTE AND ST GEORGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4442 9469 4442 9470 4443 9470 4445 9478
4463 9462 4446 9433 4439 9463 4440 9464
4439 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 231DEG 11KT 4445 9465
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
081
WWUS53 KMPX 252027
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
MNC129-252036-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160525T2045Z/
RENVILLE MN-
327 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4441 9464 4463 9462 4446 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 241DEG 10KT 4447 9456
$$
MNC103-143-252045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160525T2045Z/
SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-
327 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL NICOLLET COUNTIES...
AT 326 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST GEORGE...OR
12 MILES NORTH OF NEW ULM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIBBON...LAFAYETTE AND ST GEORGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...
A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4441 9464 4463 9462 4446 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 241DEG 10KT 4447 9456
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC621
WWUS53 KMPX 252047
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
347 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
MNC103-143-252057-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160525T2045Z/
SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-
347 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY AND NORTH
CENTRAL NICOLLET COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4441 9464 4463 9462 4446 9433
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 231DEG 11KT 4447 9456
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 35 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.