Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 10:03 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
025
WUUS53 KMPX 170303
SVRMPX
MNC015-127-170400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0164.160717T0303Z-160717T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1003 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1003 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WANDA...OR
17 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
COMFREY AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WANDA...
COBDEN...SANBORN AND REVERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9510 4419 9531 4424 9538 4440 9516
4424 9468 4411 9483 4411 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 301DEG 23KT 4429 9519
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
864
WWUS53 KMPX 170317
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1017 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC015-127-170400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
1017 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 1017 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANBORN...OR
20 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRINGFIELD AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
COMFREY AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE COBDEN
AND SANBORN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9510 4419 9531 4420 9532 4435 9507
4424 9468 4411 9483 4411 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 301DEG 23KT 4424 9508
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF358
WWUS53 KMPX 170337
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1037 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC127-170347-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
REDWOOD MN-
1037 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS 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 MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4420 9510 4427 9486 4419 9473 4411 9483
4411 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 310DEG 22KT 4415 9498
$$
MNC015-170400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
BROWN MN-
1037 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY...
AT 1037 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COMFREY...OR
20 MILES NORTH OF WINDOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COMFREY AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9510 4427 9486 4419 9473 4411 9483
4411 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 310DEG 22KT 4415 9498
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF007
WWUS53 KMPX 170355
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1055 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC015-170405-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
BROWN MN-
1055 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4420 9510 4427 9486 4419 9473 4411 9483
4411 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 301DEG 23KT 4415 9498
$$
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, 9:38 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, 10:16 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.