Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 9:38 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 10:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 9:53 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 W Chokio, MN | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
588
WUUS53 KMPX 170238
SVRMPX
MNC149-170345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0163.160717T0238Z-160717T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
938 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 938 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JOHNSON...OR
18 MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CHOKIO AROUND 955 PM CDT.
LAKE HATTIE AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
MORRIS AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALBERTA
AND MORRIS AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 167.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9584 4541 9596 4541 9609 4547 9624
4564 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 287DEG 16KT 4558 9628
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
635
WWUS53 KMPX 170251
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
951 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC149-170345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-160717T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
951 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 950 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHOKIO...OR 12
MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE HATTIE AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ALBERTA
AND MORRIS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9584 4541 9597 4541 9606 4549 9624
4560 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 293DEG 24KT 4553 9616
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF929
WWUS53 KMPX 170306
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1006 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC149-170316-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-160717T0345Z/
STEVENS MN-
1006 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4560 9584 4541 9597 4541 9606 4549 9624
4560 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 287DEG 16KT 4551 9606
$$
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, 9:12 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, 9:53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.