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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 11, 2016Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 11:40 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Sartell, MNRELAYED VIA BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Jul 11, 11:48 AM CDTHAIL 0.88Sartell, MNOCCURRED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1818 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 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
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

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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 

$$

DWE

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, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison51 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.