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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 16, 2016Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 7:03 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WUUS53 KMPX 170003
SVRMPX
MNC073-170045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0157.160717T0003Z-160717T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NASSAU TO NEAR DAWSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DAWSON AROUND 735 PM CDT. 
  BOYD AROUND 745 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CERRO
GORDO...NASSAU...FLORIDA CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...PROVIDENCE
AND MADISON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 35.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 122.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 107.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4525 9645 4515 9620 4508 9609 4495 9580
      4493 9573 4489 9575 4489 9585 4481 9585
      4480 9607 4489 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 289DEG 34KT 4505 9642 4496 9602 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
067 
WWUS53 KMPX 170023
SVSMPX

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

MNC073-170045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-160717T0045Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
723 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...

AT 723 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MADISON AIRPORT TO NEAR MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BOYD AROUND 745 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CERRO
GORDO AND MADISON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4515 9620 4508 9609 4495 9580 4493 9573
      4489 9575 4489 9585 4481 9585 4485 9609
      4496 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 289DEG 34KT 4499 9617 4490 9577 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine59 min
Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine71 min
Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley55 min
Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood63 min
Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley60 min
Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens28 min
Jul 16, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 4 more6 hr
Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood57 min
Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan44 min
Jul 16, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan4 hr
Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.