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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016Dakota County, Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 10:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Lakeville, MNLARGE TREE DOWN. .
Jul 23, 10:41 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 S Farmington, MNA FEW TREES DOWN.
Jul 23, 10:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Farmington, MNLARGE 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.

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°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.

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.

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, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine30 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, 10:23 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.