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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 2:01 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.

296 
WUUS53 KMPX 231901
SVRMPX
MNC085-231945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0181.160723T1901Z-160723T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 201 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HUTCHINSON
  AIRPORT...OR NEAR HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  HUTCHINSON AROUND 215 PM CDT. 
  SILVER LAKE AROUND 230 PM CDT. 
  GLENCOE AND LESTER PRAIRIE AROUND 245 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
MARION REGIONAL PARK...SUMTER...BISCAY AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 120.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4487 9450 4490 9449 4490 9401 4489 9401
      4471 9421 4471 9426 4467 9426 4466 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 294DEG 21KT 4489 9445 

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

DWE

2 follow-up statements

358 
WWUS53 KMPX 231929
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-231945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-160723T1945Z/
MCLEOD MN-
229 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY...

AT 228 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BISCAY...OR 8
MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENCOE AROUND 240 PM CDT. 
  LESTER PRAIRIE AROUND 245 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BISCAY
AND SUMTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9433 4490 9437 4490 9401 4489 9401
      4471 9421 4471 9426 4467 9426 4466 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 286DEG 21KT 4486 9422 

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

DWE

739 
WWUS53 KMPX 231937
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-231945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0181.000000T0000Z-160723T1945Z/
MCLEOD MN-
237 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY...

AT 237 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENCOE...OR
11 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
SUMTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9426 4490 9422 4490 9401 4489 9401
      4471 9421 4471 9426 4467 9426 4466 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 294DEG 21KT 4484 9415 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	33 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, 2:17 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

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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.