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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 16, 2016Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2016, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

289 
WUUS53 KMPX 162305
SVRMPX
MNC073-162345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0155.160716T2305Z-160716T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
605 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG STONE
  CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLINGHAM AROUND 630 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIG
STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND LOUISBURG.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 127.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4527 9645 4527 9642 4525 9640 4526 9638
      4525 9629 4522 9627 4522 9622 4519 9617
      4518 9611 4505 9614 4514 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 287DEG 30KT 4523 9651 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
220 
WWUS53 KMPX 162325
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

MNC073-162345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-160716T2345Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
625 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...

AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BELLINGHAM...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS: BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND LOUISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4526 9638 4525 9629 4522 9627 4522 9622
      4519 9617 4518 9611 4505 9614 4517 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 287DEG 30KT 4518 9629 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 10:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXKanabec24 hr
Jul 16, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift53 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.