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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2016, 2:18 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 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), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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, 2:28 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Silver 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

192 
WUUS53 KMPX 231918
SVRMPX
MNC085-231945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0182.160723T1918Z-160723T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
218 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...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 218 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COKATO...OR
  12 MILES NORTHEAST 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4498 9412 4490 9410 4490 9446 4498 9438
      4499 9424 4498 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 260DEG 24KT 4504 9424 

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

DWE

3 follow-up statements

670 
WUUS53 KMPX 231925 CCA
SVRMPX
MNC085-231945-
/O.COR.KMPX.SV.W.0182.160723T1918Z-160723T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 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...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILVER
  LAKE... OR 7 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUTCHINSON AND SILVER LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4498 9412 4490 9410 4490 9446 4498 9438
      4499 9424 4498 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 280DEG 22KT 4504 9424 

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

DWE

895 
WWUS53 KMPX 231936
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-231945-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160723T1945Z/
MCLEOD MN-
236 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

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

AT 236 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILVER
LAKE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILVER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4498 9412 4490 9410 4490 9422 4494 9419
      4498 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 299DEG 23KT 4491 9413 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DWE

182 
WWUS53 KMPX 231941
SVSMPX

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

MNC085-231951-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-160723T1945Z/
MCLEOD MN-
241 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4498 9412 4490 9410 4490 9422 4494 9419
      4498 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 280DEG 22KT 4491 9413 

$$

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, 2:01 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, 2:49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.