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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2016, 1:56 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 2:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Mora, MNHALF DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. .
Jul 11, 2:30 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Mora, MNPHOTO OF HAIL SHOWS 2.5 INCH DIAMETER STONE. REPORTED VIA TWITTER. .

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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°0°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.

601 
WUUS53 KMPX 111856
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-111930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0144.160711T1856Z-160711T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
156 PM 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...
  EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 156 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
  BOCK...OR 28 MILES SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OGILVIE AROUND 205 PM CDT. 
  MORA AROUND 215 PM CDT. 
  QUAMBA AROUND 225 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MORA
AIRPORT...KNIFE LAKE AND WARMAN.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 193.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4575 9365 4601 9363 4614 9317 4580 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 263DEG 36KT 4591 9360 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DWE
1 follow-up statement
158 
WWUS53 KMPX 111918
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
218 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MNC095-111928-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-160711T1930Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
218 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4583 9315 4583 9350 4598 9346 4598 9343
      4606 9343 4614 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 263DEG 36KT 4594 9328 

$$

MNC065-111930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-160711T1930Z/
KANABEC MN-
218 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTY...

AT 218 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNIFE
LAKE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  QUAMBA AROUND 225 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MORA
AIRPORT...KNIFE LAKE AND WARMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4583 9315 4583 9350 4598 9346 4598 9343
      4606 9343 4614 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 263DEG 36KT 4594 9328 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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, 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, 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.