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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 10:23 AM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 10:36 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 482 W Bay City, WIAWOS STATION RED WING AP /RGK/.
Jul 23, 10:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGRed Wing, MNPOWER LINES DOWN.

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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

823 
WUUS53 KMPX 231523
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-WIC093-231600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0176.160723T1523Z-160723T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1023 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT

* AT 1020 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VASA...OR
  12 MILES WEST OF RED WING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  WELCH AROUND 1035 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRONTENAC STATE PARK...HAGER CITY...COATES...NEW TRIER...
HAMPTON...DIAMOND BLUFF...BELLECHESTER...RANDOLPH... MIESVILLE...AND
HASTINGS.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 116.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4454 9307 4478 9303 4458 9226 4454 9229
      4454 9231 4452 9230 4445 9235 4445 9243
      4437 9244 4437 9254 4434 9255
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 202DEG 18KT 4451 9279 

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

DWE
1 follow-up statement
278 
WWUS53 KMPX 231546
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1046 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC037-049-WIC093-231600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-160723T1600Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
1046 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 1046 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DIAMOND
BLUFF... OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED WING...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 EAST
CENTRAL DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PIERCE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ESDAILE...FRONTENAC
STATE PARK...MIESVILLE...WACOUTA...VERMILLION...HAGER CITY...RED
WING AIRPORT... COATES...NEW TRIER AND DIAMOND BLUFF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4464 9305 4478 9303 4458 9226 4454 9229
      4454 9231 4452 9230 4445 9235 4445 9250
      4447 9258 4452 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 202DEG 18KT 4463 9272 

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, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey46 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
Jul 23, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix32 min

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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.