Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 10:14 AM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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 23, 10:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Lakeville, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN. . |
| Jul 23, 10:41 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Farmington, MN | A FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 10:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Farmington, MN | LARGE BRANCH SNAPPED OFF. SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE. |
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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
733 WUUS53 KMPX 231514 SVRMPX MNC037-053-123-231600- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0175.160723T1514Z-160723T1600Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1100 AM CDT * AT 1014 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FARMINGTON... OR 12 MILES NORTH OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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... APPLE VALLEY AND ROSEMOUNT AROUND 1030 AM CDT. BLOOMINGTON AROUND 1035 AM CDT. EAGAN...RICHFIELD...INVER GROVE HEIGHTS AND MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 1040 AM CDT. SOUTH ST. PAUL...WEST ST. PAUL AND MENDOTA HEIGHTS AROUND 1045 AM CDT. ST. PAUL AROUND 1050 AM CDT. MAPLEWOOD AND ROSEVILLE AROUND 1055 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT SNELLING...SOUTH ST PAUL AIRPORT...SOUTH ST PAUL...COMO PARK...FORT SNELLING STATE PARK...MN STATE FAIR...CASTLE ROCK...LILYDALE...UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS AND SUNFISH LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 234 AND 246. U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 142. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4455 9308 4457 9328 4502 9326 4502 9300 TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 187DEG 37KT 4463 9319 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DWE
2 follow-up statements
489 WWUS53 KMPX 231536 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1036 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 MNC037-053-123-231600- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-160723T1600Z/ HENNEPIN MN-DAKOTA MN-RAMSEY MN- 1036 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES... AT 1036 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAGAN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. PAUL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... MENDOTA HEIGHTS AND MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 1045 AM CDT. SOUTH ST. PAUL AND WEST ST. PAUL AROUND 1050 AM CDT. ST. PAUL AROUND 1055 AM CDT. MAPLEWOOD AND ROSEVILLE AROUND 1100 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT SNELLING...SOUTH ST PAUL AIRPORT...SOUTH ST PAUL...COMO PARK...FORT SNELLING STATE PARK...MN STATE FAIR...LILYDALE...UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS...SUNFISH LAKE AND LAKE PHALEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4460 9307 4465 9328 4502 9326 4502 9300 TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 187DEG 30KT 4483 9317 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DWE
042 WWUS53 KMPX 231552 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1052 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 MNC037-053-123-231600- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-160723T1600Z/ HENNEPIN MN-DAKOTA MN-RAMSEY MN- 1052 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES... AT 1052 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROSEVILLE...OR NEAR ST. PAUL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: FORT SNELLING...SOUTH ST PAUL AIRPORT...SOUTH ST PAUL...COMO PARK...FORT SNELLING STATE PARK...MN STATE FAIR...LILYDALE...UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS CAMPUS...SUNFISH LAKE AND LAKE PHALEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4477 9304 4479 9327 4502 9326 4502 9300 TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 187DEG 37KT 4500 9314 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Freeborn, Nicollet, Waseca | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Wright | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Washington, Wright | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 2 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.