Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 9:27 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 13, 2016, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 13, 9:30 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Madison Lake, MN | . |
| Jul 13, 9:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Nnw Eagle Lake, MN | AWOS STATION MANKATO AP /MKT/. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted.
534
WUUS53 KMPX 131427
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-131500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0150.160713T1427Z-160713T1500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
927 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 927 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANKATO
AIRPORT...OR NEAR MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 45 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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MADISON LAKE AND CLEVELAND AROUND 935 AM CDT.
ELYSIAN AROUND 940 AM CDT.
LE CENTER AROUND 945 AM CDT.
WATERVILLE AROUND 950 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
JEFFERSON...MANKATO AIRPORT...GREENLAND AND KILKENNY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 139.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 60 AND 63.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4415 9393 4424 9403 4425 9401 4426 9403
4428 9402 4430 9398 4447 9353 4420 9353
4420 9376 4417 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1427Z 249DEG 39KT 4422 9392
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAH1 follow-up statement
023
WWUS53 KMPX 131441
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
941 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
MNC013-131449-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-160713T1500Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
941 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4424 9377 4424 9403 4425 9401 4426 9403
4428 9402 4430 9398 4447 9353 4420 9353
4420 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 252DEG 39KT 4426 9374
$$
MNC079-131500-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-160713T1500Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
941 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...
AT 939 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE
JEFFERSON... OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR MADISON
LAKE. THE MANKATO AIRPORT RECORDED A 58 MPH WIND GUST.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WATERVILLE AROUND 950 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
JEFFERSON...GREENLAND AND KILKENNY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4424 9377 4424 9403 4425 9401 4426 9403
4428 9402 4430 9398 4447 9353 4420 9353
4420 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 252DEG 39KT 4426 9374
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.