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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 1:11 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 1:25 PM CDTHAIL 26 N Cosmos, MNHAIL DIAMETER 2.25 INCHES. MOSTLY ONE INCH HAIL, LASTED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. VEHICLES, HOUSE SIDING DAMAGED. ALSO MEASURED 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1.5 HOURS.

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

027 
WUUS53 KMPX 231811
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-231845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0179.160723T1811Z-160723T1845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 110 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
  LILLIAN... OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ATWATER AROUND 130 PM CDT. 
  GROVE CITY AROUND 140 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
LILLIAN AND STROUT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 95.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9494 4508 9502 4523 9464 4499 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 244DEG 24KT 4503 9489 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE
1 follow-up statement
576 
WWUS53 KMPX 231824
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
124 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC067-093-231845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0179.000000T0000Z-160723T1845Z/
MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
124 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 124 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATWATER...OR
13 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GROVE CITY AROUND 140 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
LILLIAN AND STROUT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4494 9488 4513 9488 4523 9464 4499 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 244DEG 24KT 4507 9477 

HAIL...1.50IN
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, 10:23 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, 1:34 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.