Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 1:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
672
WUUS53 KMPX 271800
SVRMPX
MNC053-271845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0187.160727T1800Z-160727T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
100 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 1259 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ORONO...OR
16 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...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 THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAYZATA AROUND 110 PM CDT.
MINNETONKA...ST. LOUIS PARK AND HOPKINS AROUND 120 PM CDT.
PLYMOUTH AROUND 125 PM CDT.
EDINA AND GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 130 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND...MEDICINE LAKE...NEW HOPE...LONG LAKE...GREENWOOD...CRYSTAL
AIRPORT...DEEPHAVEN...HAMEL...SHOREWOOD AND CRYSTAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 220.
U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 147 AND 156.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 138.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4491 9367 4505 9366 4509 9338 4491 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 265DEG 23KT 4498 9361
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB4 follow-up statements
503
WWUS53 KMPX 271811
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
111 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
MNC053-271845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-160727T1845Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
111 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY...
AT 111 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYZATA...OR
11 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ST. LOUIS PARK AND HOPKINS AROUND 120 PM CDT.
PLYMOUTH AROUND 125 PM CDT.
EDINA AND GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 130 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND...MEDICINE LAKE...NEW HOPE...LONG LAKE...CRYSTAL AIRPORT...
DEEPHAVEN...GREENWOOD...CRYSTAL AND SHOREWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4492 9360 4505 9361 4509 9338 4491 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 265DEG 23KT 4499 9350
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB388
WWUS53 KMPX 271820
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
120 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
MNC053-271845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-160727T1845Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
120 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY...
AT 120 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MEDICINE
LAKE... OR 8 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...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...
ST. LOUIS PARK AROUND 125 PM CDT.
GOLDEN VALLEY AROUND 130 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND...MEDICINE LAKE...NEW HOPE...CRYSTAL AIRPORT...HAMEL...LONG
LAKE... CRYSTAL...DEEPHAVEN AND SHOREWOOD.
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 9356 4506 9358 4509 9338 4492 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 264DEG 23KT 4500 9344
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB754
WWUS53 KMPX 271828
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
128 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
MNC053-271845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-160727T1845Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
128 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY...
AT 128 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MEDICINE
LAKE... OR NEAR MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NEW
HOPE... CRYSTAL AIRPORT...MEDICINE LAKE AND CRYSTAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4496 9350 4506 9354 4509 9338 4494 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 259DEG 19KT 4501 9339
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB519
WWUS53 KMPX 271833
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
133 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
MNC053-271843-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-160727T1845Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
133 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4496 9350 4506 9354 4509 9338 4494 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 265DEG 23KT 4501 9334
$$
JRBThe 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, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 32 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, 1:05 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.