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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 16, 2016Blue Earth County, Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 16, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 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
 
$$

BORGHOFF
299 
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 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle42 min
Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine59 min
Jul 16, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine71 min
Jul 16, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley55 min
Jul 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood63 min
Jul 16, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley60 min
Jul 16, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens28 min
Jul 16, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Nicollet and 4 more6 hr
Jul 16, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood57 min
Jul 16, 11:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Watonwan4 hr
Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin5 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.