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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016McLeod County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 1:46 PM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 2:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ne Hutchinson, MNA FEW 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jul 23, 2:28 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Silver Lake, MN.

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

626 
WUUS53 KMPX 231846
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-171-231930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0180.160723T1846Z-160723T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 146 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  GREENLEAF...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DASSEL AROUND 210 PM CDT. 
  COKATO AROUND 225 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...DARWIN...CEDAR MILLS AND STROUT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 120.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4490 9458 4507 9467 4513 9417 4490 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 260DEG 24KT 4500 9455 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE
1 follow-up statement
942 
WWUS53 KMPX 231908
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-093-171-231930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-160723T1930Z/
MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
208 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MCLEOD...SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN MEEKER
COUNTIES...

AT 208 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DASSEL...OR 9
MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COKATO AROUND 225 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4490 9449 4502 9441 4513 9417 4490 9410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 260DEG 24KT 4503 9434 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker34 min
Jul 23, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker26 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.