Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
BORGHOFF1 follow-up statement
067
WWUS53 KMPX 170023
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC073-170045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-160717T0045Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
723 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...
AT 723 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MADISON AIRPORT TO NEAR MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BOYD AROUND 745 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CERRO
GORDO AND MADISON AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 9620 4508 9609 4495 9580 4493 9573
4489 9575 4489 9585 4481 9585 4485 9609
4496 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 289DEG 34KT 4499 9617 4490 9577
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 71 min |
| Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 5 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.