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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016Chippewa County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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 23, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 8:30 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 384 Ssw Granite Falls, MNAWOS STATION GRANITE FALLS AP /GDB/.
Jul 23, 8:35 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 322 Wsw Clara City, MNMESONET STATION CLARA CITY 2 WSW /MN021/.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2703 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

684 
WUUS53 KMPX 231300
SVRMPX
MNC023-129-173-231330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0174.160723T1300Z-160723T1330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
800 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 800 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  CLARKFIELD... OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTEVIDEO AROUND 815 AM CDT. 
  MAYNARD AROUND 820 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MINNESOTA FALLS...HAZEL RUN...SPELLMAN LAKE...SPRING CREEK...GRANITE
FALLS AIRPORT...GLUEK AND ASBURY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 54.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 102.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9588 4481 9585 4484 9584 4489 9577
      4489 9575 4492 9573 4515 9542 4485 9532
      4463 9579 4479 9591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 222DEG 46KT 4479 9580 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine42 min
Jul 23, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift33 min
Jul 23, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine42 min
Jul 23, 8:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Freeborn, Nicollet, Waseca24 min
Jul 23, 9:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and 1 more60 min
Jul 23, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey46 min
Jul 23, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue37 min
Jul 23, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington33 min
Jul 23, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright60 min
Jul 23, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington36 min
Jul 23, 11:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Sherburne, Wright38 min
Jul 23, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker34 min
Jul 23, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker26 min
Jul 23, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright44 min
Jul 23, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod44 min
Jul 23, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright43 min
Jul 23, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod27 min
Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver26 min
Jul 23, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Wright3 hr
Jul 23, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver28 min
Jul 23, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright26 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Washington, Wright3 hr
Jul 23, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington2 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.