Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
640
WUUS53 KMPX 162337
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-151-170030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0156.160716T2337Z-160717T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
637 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
LOUISBURG...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
APPLETON AROUND 655 PM CDT.
MILAN AROUND 710 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIG
BEND CITY...CERRO GORDO...LOUISBURG...HOLLOWAY...HAGEN AND APPLETON
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 28.
U.S. HIGHWAY 212 NEAR MILE MARKER 29.
U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 144.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4519 9616 4519 9612 4518 9610 4524 9610
4524 9612 4531 9611 4526 9568 4493 9586
4509 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 292DEG 24KT 4520 9618
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
392
WWUS53 KMPX 162348
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC023-073-151-170030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160717T0030Z/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
648 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT...CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER APPLETON...OR
21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORTONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MILAN AROUND 705 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIG
BEND CITY...CERRO GORDO...LOUISBURG...HOLLOWAY...HAGEN AND APPLETON
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4519 9616 4519 9612 4518 9610 4524 9610
4524 9612 4531 9611 4526 9568 4493 9586
4509 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 290DEG 26KT 4517 9605
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF918
WWUS53 KMPX 170007
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC023-073-151-170030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160717T0030Z/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT...CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 707 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MILAN...OR 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT...CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BIG BEND CITY...CERRO
GORDO...HOLLOWAY AND HAGEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4512 9613 4519 9600 4528 9588 4526 9568
4493 9586 4509 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 301DEG 23KT 4509 9591
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF941
WWUS53 KMPX 170021
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC151-170031-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160717T0030Z/
SWIFT MN-
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4512 9613 4514 9602 4509 9577 4493 9586
4509 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 301DEG 23KT 4504 9580
$$
MNC023-073-170030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-160717T0030Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
721 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 721 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WATSON...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CERRO GORDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4512 9613 4514 9602 4509 9577 4493 9586
4509 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 301DEG 23KT 4504 9580
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 10:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 24 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 40 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.