Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 11:35 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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 11, 2016, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 12:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 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 11, 11:40 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sartell, MN | RELAYED VIA BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Jul 11, 11:48 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sartell, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF PINECONE ROAD AND 2 1/2 STREET. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
956 WUUS53 KMPX 111635 SVRMPX MNC009-141-145-111715- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0142.160711T1635Z-160711T1715Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1135 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1135 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST. CLOUD... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: RONNEBY...GLENDORADO...PARENT...OAK PARK...ST. STEPHEN...ST CLOUD AIRPORT...DUELM...ST WENDEL...SANTIAGO AND PLEASANT LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 173. U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 187. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4546 9453 4574 9441 4576 9377 4546 9376 TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 267DEG 40KT 4560 9423 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ DWE
2 follow-up statements
204 WWUS53 KMPX 111645 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 MNC009-141-145-111715- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160711T1715Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON COUNTIES... AT 1144 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYHEW...OR NEAR ST. CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. CLOUD...SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK...ST. JOSEPH...COLLEGEVILLE... FOLEY...AVON...RICE...SANTIAGO...GLENDORADO...GILMAN AND OAK PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4550 9450 4574 9441 4576 9377 4550 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 246DEG 21KT 4567 9416 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ DWE
453
WWUS53 KMPX 111704
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1204 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC009-141-145-111713-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-160711T1715Z/
STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-
1204 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS...
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND BENTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4550 9450 4574 9441 4576 9377 4550 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 267DEG 40KT 4568 9385
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 74 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 85 min |
| Jul 11, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 113 min |
| Jul 11, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, Todd | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs | 71 min |
| Jul 11, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 17 min |
| Jul 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 32 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.