Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2016, 10:16 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
034
WUUS53 KMPX 170316
SVRMPX
MNC013-015-165-170400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0165.160717T0316Z-160717T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1016 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HANSKA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HANSKA AROUND 1025 PM CDT.
MADELIA AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
LAKE CRYSTAL AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4415 9468 4431 9451 4423 9426 4421 9424
4421 9422 4420 9422 4418 9410 4415 9406
4391 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 291DEG 29KT 4420 9454
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
716
WWUS53 KMPX 170335
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC013-015-165-170400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
WATONWAN MN-BROWN MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WATONWAN...SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND WESTERN BLUE EARTH
COUNTIES...
AT 1035 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MADELIA...OR
13 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ULM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE CRYSTAL AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GARDEN
CITY AND JUDSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4412 9463 4425 9436 4423 9426 4421 9424
4421 9422 4420 9422 4418 9410 4415 9406
4391 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 297DEG 28KT 4412 9437
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF299
WWUS53 KMPX 170355 RRA
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1055 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNC013-015-165-170405-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-160717T0400Z/
WATONWAN MN-BROWN MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
1055 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WATONWAN...
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED 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 4412 9463 4425 9436 4423 9426 4421 9424
4421 9422 4420 9422 4418 9410 4415 9406
4391 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 291DEG 29KT 4412 9437
$$
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, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 57 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.