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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 11, 2016Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 4:24 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
Jul 11, 2016, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WUUS53 KMPX 110924
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-097-111015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0141.160711T0924Z-160711T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
424 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 424 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM LAKE MILLE LACS TO NEAR BUCKMAN...MOVING EAST AT 60
  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...
  ISLE AND WAHKON AROUND 430 AM CDT. 
  MORA AROUND 450 AM CDT. 
  QUAMBA AROUND 455 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
HILLMAN...GENOLA...HARDING...WARMAN...BUCKMAN...LAKE MILLE
LACS...MORRILL... KNIFE LAKE...MORA AIRPORT AND BAYVIEW.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 156.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197 AND 229.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4615 9343 4615 9306 4598 9306 4598 9314
      4583 9315 4583 9435 4615 9409 4616 9381
      4624 9381 4625 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 260DEG 69KT 4619 9361 4587 9408 

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

LS
2 follow-up statements
870 
WWUS53 KMPX 110949
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
449 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MNC065-095-097-111015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-160711T1015Z/
KANABEC MN-MORRISON MN-MILLE LACS MN-
449 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT
FOR KANABEC...SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES...

AT 449 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FINLAYSON TO 8 MILES WEST OF KNIFE LAKE...MOVING
EAST AT 80 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
KANABEC...SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: HILLMAN...WARMAN...LAKE MILLE LACS...KNIFE
LAKE...MORA AIRPORT...BAYVIEW AND MORRILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4615 9343 4615 9306 4598 9306 4598 9314
      4583 9315 4584 9404 4616 9386 4616 9381
      4624 9381 4625 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 260DEG 69KT 4626 9299 4595 9346 

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

LS
800 
WWUS53 KMPX 111009
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
509 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MNC065-095-097-111019-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0141.000000T0000Z-160711T1015Z/
KANABEC MN-MORRISON MN-MILLE LACS MN-
509 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC...SOUTHEASTERN
MORRISON AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4615 9343 4615 9306 4598 9306 4598 9314
      4583 9315 4584 9404 4616 9386 4616 9381
      4624 9381 4625 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 260DEG 69KT 4626 9299 4595 9346 

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 2:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Todd74 min
Jul 11, 3:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stevens44 min
Jul 11, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd61 min
Jul 11, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison40 min
Jul 11, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine85 min
Jul 11, 7:37 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift113 min
Jul 11, 9:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift6 hr
Jul 11, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Morrison, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, Todd55 min
Jul 11, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs71 min
Jul 11, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Stearns24 min
Jul 11, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns29 min
Jul 11, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison49 min
Jul 11, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison37 min
Jul 11, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd38 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs34 min
Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec35 min
Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd35 min
Jul 11, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti, Sherburne33 min
Jul 11, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti47 min
Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti42 min
Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker32 min
Jul 11, 5:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXMeeker, Stearns35 min
Jul 11, 5:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMPXMeeker, Stearns34 min
Jul 11, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns28 min
Jul 11, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison17 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns26 min
Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXBenton, Stearns32 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.