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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016Dakota County, Goodhue County, Washington County, Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 10:42 AM CDT for Dakota County, Goodhue County, Washington County, Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 33 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, Washington County, MN, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 11:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ellsworth, WI	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.
Jul 23, 11:08 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ese Prescott, WI	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.,.
Jul 23, 11:11 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cottage Grove, MN	MULTIPLE TREES 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

635 
WUUS53 KMPX 231542
SVRMPX
MNC037-049-163-WIC033-091-093-109-231615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0177.160723T1542Z-160723T1615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1042 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1041 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM COTTAGE GROVE TO NEAR PLUM CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... PLUM CITY AROUND 1045 AM CDT.
  HUDSON...NORTH HUDSON...BAYPORT...DURAND AND EAU GALLE AROUND 1100
  AM CDT. RIVER FALLS AROUND 1105 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ARKANSAW...PORCUPINE...FRONTENAC STATE PARK...AFTON STATE
PARK...LAKELAND SHORES...ELLA...ST PAUL PARK...DIAMOND BLUFF...EL
PASO AND KINNICKINNIC STATE PARK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 258.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 300 AND 302.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 61 NEAR MILE MARKER 79...NEAR MILE MARKER 85...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 130.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9180 4460 9200 4456 9204 4442 9208
      4441 9210 4443 9220 4448 9227 4479 9305
      4489 9300 4489 9299 4506 9293 4468 9165
      4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 232DEG 37KT 4482 9291 4457 9219 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE

1 follow-up statement

698 
WWUS53 KMPX 231603
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1103 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC037-049-231613-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160723T1615Z/
DAKOTA MN-GOODHUE MN-
1103 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4459 9180 4460 9200 4456 9204 4451 9205
      4448 9207 4452 9219 4455 9231 4483 9300
      4489 9300 4489 9299 4506 9293 4468 9165
      4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 216DEG 33KT 4497 9291 4486 9244 4470 9195 

$$

MNC163-WIC033-091-093-109-231615-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-160723T1615Z/
WASHINGTON MN-ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
1103 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHWESTERN ST. CROIX...SOUTHWESTERN
DUNN...PEPIN AND PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 1103 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE ELMO TO NEAR MARTEL TO NEAR EAU GALLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EAU GALLE AROUND 1110 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LAKELAND...ARKANSAW...PORCUPINE...LAKE ELMO AIRPORT...AFTON STATE
PARK... LAKELAND SHORES...ST MARYS POINT...ELLA...LAKE ST CROIX
BEACH AND ST PAUL PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9180 4460 9200 4456 9204 4451 9205
      4448 9207 4452 9219 4455 9231 4483 9300
      4489 9300 4489 9299 4506 9293 4468 9165
      4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 216DEG 33KT 4497 9291 4486 9244 4470 9195 

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, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	46 min
Jul 23, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	37 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
Jul 23, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	32 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.