Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 9:12 PM CDT for Brown County, Nicollet County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
291
WUUS53 KMPX 170212
SVRMPX
MNC015-103-127-170315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0161.160717T0212Z-160717T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
912 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 911 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MILROY TO NEAR MORGAN TO NEAR FAIRFAX...MOVING
EAST AT 40 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.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN AROUND 915 PM CDT.
WABASSO AROUND 935 PM CDT.
LAFAYETTE AROUND 940 PM CDT.
NEW ULM AROUND 945 PM CDT.
SLEEPY EYE AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WANDA... COBDEN...NEW ULM
AIRPORT...VESTA...KLOSSNER...ESSIG...EVAN...MILROY... SEAFORTH AND
CLEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9560 4454 9536 4458 9510 4453 9495
4452 9488 4450 9488 4446 9480 4445 9440
4427 9442 4429 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 291DEG 37KT 4446 9554 4446 9490 4455 9478
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
873
WWUS53 KMPX 170240
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
940 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC015-103-127-170315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160717T0315Z/
BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-NICOLLET MN-
940 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BROWN...REDWOOD AND NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES...
AT 940 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARSHALL TO NEAR WABASSO TO NEAR ESSIG TO NEAR ST
GEORGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LAFAYETTE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
NEW ULM AROUND 955 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WANDA... COBDEN...NEW ULM
AIRPORT...VESTA...KLOSSNER...ESSIG...EVAN...MILROY... SEAFORTH AND
CLEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9560 4454 9536 4458 9510 4453 9495
4452 9488 4450 9488 4446 9480 4445 9440
4427 9442 4429 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 301DEG 26KT 4443 9570 4439 9519 4436 9462 4444
9449
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF043
WWUS53 KMPX 170253
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC015-103-127-170315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160717T0315Z/
BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-NICOLLET MN-
953 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BROWN...SOUTHERN REDWOOD AND NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET
COUNTIES...
AT 952 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MILROY TO NEAR WABASSO TO NEW ULM AIRPORT TO NEAR
LAFAYETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
NEW ULM AND LAFAYETTE AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WANDA... CLEMENTS...COBDEN...NEW ULM
AIRPORT...KLOSSNER...ESSIG...EVAN...ST GEORGE... MILROY AND LUCAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9559 4446 9522 4443 9478 4445 9440
4427 9442 4429 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 296DEG 30KT 4439 9555 4437 9522 4430 9451 4440
9434
HAIL...1.25IN
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, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 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.