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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 2016Carver County, McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2016, 11:58 AM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 6 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 27, 2016, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2016, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 27, 12:05 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Ese Winsted, MN	SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD TO THEIR SOUTHWEST. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jul 27, 12:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Winsted, MN	LARGE 15 TO 20 INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN.
Jul 27, 12:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Winsted, MN	EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN REPORTED TOO.
Jul 27, 12:12 PM CDT	HAIL 2.5	1 Ne Winsted, MN	SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE WITH RULER.
Jul 27, 12:12 PM CDT	HAIL 3	1 Ne Winsted, MN	SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE WITH RULER.
Jul 27, 12:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Winsted, MN	TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ON FIRE.

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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 889 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

863 
WUUS53 KMPX 271658
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-171-271730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0184.160727T1658Z-160727T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 AM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1157 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  WINSTED...OR 15 MILES EAST 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 BE NEAR...
  WATERTOWN AND MAYER AROUND 1220 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEW
GERMANY AND HOLLYWOOD.

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 4494 9417 4503 9412 4501 9384 4483 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 288DEG 26KT 4496 9408 

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

JRB

2 follow-up statements

635 
WWUS53 KMPX 271707
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

MNC019-085-171-271730-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-160727T1730Z/
MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-WRIGHT MN-
1207 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD...NORTHWESTERN CARVER AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 1207 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WINSTED...OR
17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF 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...
  WATERTOWN AND MAYER AROUND 1220 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NEW
GERMANY AND HOLLYWOOD.

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 4493 9414 4503 9409 4501 9384 4483 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 286DEG 25KT 4495 9400 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

316 
WWUS53 KMPX 271718
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1218 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

MNC019-085-171-271730-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0184.000000T0000Z-160727T1730Z/
MCLEOD MN-CARVER MN-WRIGHT MN-
1218 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MCLEOD...NORTHWESTERN CARVER AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WRIGHT COUNTIES...

AT 1217 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WATERTOWN...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

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...
  WATERTOWN AROUND 1225 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOLLYWOOD.

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 4495 9412 4503 9406 4501 9384 4485 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 278DEG 24KT 4496 9392 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens, Swift	42 min
Jul 27, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	48 min
Jul 27, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	38 min
Jul 27, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	31 min
Jul 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti	51 min
Jul 27, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	33 min
Jul 27, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	25 min
Jul 27, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	61 min
Jul 27, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	70 min
Jul 27, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	36 min
Jul 27, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	63 min

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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.