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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 8:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
925
WUUS53 KMPX 170135
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-129-143-170230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0160.160717T0135Z-160717T0230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 834 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE LILLIAN TO NEAR BIRD ISLAND TO BECHYN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COSMOS AROUND 845 PM CDT.
HECTOR AROUND 850 PM CDT.
BUFFALO LAKE AND FRANKLIN AROUND 855 PM CDT.
FAIRFAX AND STEWART AROUND 905 PM CDT.
BROWNTON AROUND 910 PM CDT.
HUTCHINSON AROUND 915 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK...SUMTER...CEDAR
MILLS...BISCAY... FERNANDO...CORVUSO...LAKESIDE...STROUT AND
HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4446 9478 4449 9482 4449 9487 4452 9488
4453 9495 4458 9510 4479 9484 4489 9481
4489 9476 4506 9475 4498 9425 4462 9426
4445 9441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 294DEG 35KT 4500 9484 4480 9486 4467 9509
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
804
WWUS53 KMPX 170203
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
903 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC085-093-129-143-170230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-160717T0230Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
903 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN MCLEOD...WESTERN SIBLEY...SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND EASTERN
RENVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 903 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CORVUSO TO NEAR BUFFALO LAKE TO NEAR FRANKLIN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HUTCHINSON AND FAIRFAX AROUND 920 PM CDT.
GIBBON AND STEWART AROUND 925 PM CDT.
WINTHROP AND BROWNTON AROUND 930 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LAKE
MARION REGIONAL PARK...SUMTER...CEDAR
MILLS...BISCAY...FERNANDO...CORVUSO...
LAKESIDE AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4446 9478 4449 9482 4449 9487 4452 9488
4453 9495 4458 9510 4476 9484 4489 9476
4498 9475 4498 9425 4462 9426 4445 9441
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 302DEG 27KT 4488 9459 4468 9466 4452 9494
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF282
WWUS53 KMPX 170223
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
923 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC093-170233-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-160717T0230Z/
MEEKER MN-
923 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4449 9486 4451 9487 4451 9488 4452 9488
4453 9492 4461 9467 4479 9457 4475 9426
4462 9426 4445 9441 4446 9478 4449 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 300DEG 28KT 4472 9446 4455 9457 4445 9476
$$
MNC085-129-143-170230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-160717T0230Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-RENVILLE MN-
923 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCLEOD...WESTERN SIBLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE
COUNTIES...
AT 923 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM STEWART TO NEAR GIBBON TO NEAR FAIRFAX...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WINTHROP...GIBBON AND BROWNTON AROUND 930 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FERNANDO AND SUMTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9486 4451 9487 4451 9488 4452 9488
4453 9492 4461 9467 4479 9457 4475 9426
4462 9426 4445 9441 4446 9478 4449 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 300DEG 28KT 4472 9446 4455 9457 4445 9476
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 42 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.