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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 20164 counties in Wisconsin; Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 11:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin; Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2016, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 11:50 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Washington County, MN, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

075 
WUUS53 KMPX 231614
SVRMPX
MNC163-WIC033-091-093-109-231700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0178.160723T1614Z-160723T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1114 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1114 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM PINE SPRINGS TO NEAR WOODVILLE TO NEAR THE BIG SWAMP
  AREA...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...
  WOODVILLE AROUND 1120 AM CDT. 
  HUDSON AND KNAPP AROUND 1125 AM CDT. 
  GLENWOOD CITY AROUND 1130 AM CDT. 
  SOMERSET...BOYCEVILLE AND ELK MOUND AROUND 1135 AM CDT. 
  NEW RICHMOND AROUND 1140 AM CDT. 
  WHEELER AROUND 1145 AM CDT. 
  STAR PRAIRIE AROUND 1150 AM CDT. 
  RIDGELAND AROUND 1155 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ARKANSAW...CARYVILLE...DOWNING...LAKELAND SHORES...BIRCHWOOD...CEDAR
FALLS...GRANT...SAND CREEK...BIRCHWOOD VILLAGE AND WILLERNIE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 257 AND 258.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 56.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 156.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9193 4460 9201 4476 9228 4475 9229
      4476 9229 4502 9298 4521 9299 4520 9167
      4469 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 231DEG 37KT 4502 9294 4491 9228 4465 9184 

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

DWE
2 follow-up statements
298 
WWUS53 KMPX 231635
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1135 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC163-WIC093-109-231644-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160723T1700Z/
WASHINGTON MN-ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI-
1135 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...ST.
CROIX AND NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4459 9192 4480 9197 4490 9210 4520 9216
      4520 9167 4469 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 245DEG 48KT 4513 9214 4498 9178 4472 9172 

$$

WIC033-091-231700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160723T1700Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
1135 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
DUNN AND NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 1134 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CONNORSVILLE TO NEAR HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA TO
ROCK FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COLFAX AROUND 1140 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TAINTER LAKE...HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...CEDAR FALLS...CARYVILLE...
DOWNING...SAND CREEK...ROCK FALLS...MENOMONIE AIRPORT...CONNORSVILLE
AND DOWNSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9192 4480 9197 4490 9210 4520 9216
      4520 9167 4469 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 245DEG 48KT 4513 9214 4498 9178 4472 9172 

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

DWE
091 
WWUS53 KMPX 231650
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

WIC033-091-231659-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0178.000000T0000Z-160723T1700Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN AND NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4459 9192 4480 9197 4490 9210 4520 9216
      4520 9167 4469 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 231DEG 37KT 4522 9199 4507 9163 4481 9157 

$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce37 min
Jul 23, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix33 min
Jul 23, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix32 min
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, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.