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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 10, 2016Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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
Aug 10, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 10, 4:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.884 Nne Raymond, MNREPORTED AT EQUINE VETERINARY CLINIC RAYMOND, MN.
Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDTHAIL 0.51 Wnw Willmar, MNREPORTED AT COUNTY FAIR, WILLMAR MN.
Aug 10, 4:36 PM CDTHAIL 2Pennock, MNLATE REPORT ESTIMATED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2016-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2016-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

488 
WUUS53 KMPX 102048
SVRMPX
MNC067-102130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0198.160810T2048Z-160810T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
348 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRIAM...OR
  NEAR WILLMAR...MOVING NORTH 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 BE NEAR...
  WILLMAR AROUND 400 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WILLMAR
AIRPORT...PRIAM...PENNOCK AND SVEA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 77.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 136.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4531 9524 4529 9491 4497 9502 4500 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 188DEG 17KT 4508 9515 

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

RAH
1 follow-up statement
390 
WWUS53 KMPX 102105
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
405 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

MNC067-102130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0198.000000T0000Z-160810T2130Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
405 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...

AT 405 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILLMAR
AIRPORT...OR NEAR WILLMAR...MOVING NORTH 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...
  WILLMAR AROUND 415 PM CDT. 
  NEW LONDON AND SPICER AROUND 430 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WILLMAR
AIRPORT...PRIAM...PENNOCK AND SVEA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4531 9524 4529 9491 4497 9502 4500 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 200DEG 20KT 4510 9514 

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

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens44 min
Aug 10, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope39 min
Aug 10, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift32 min
Aug 10, 4:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Swift, Todd43 min
Aug 10, 5:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Swift57 min
Aug 10, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd42 min
Aug 10, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more32 hr
Aug 10, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas27 min
Aug 10, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi33 min
Aug 10, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift29 min
Aug 10, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift34 min
Aug 10, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs60 min
Aug 10, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi43 min
Aug 10, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs2 hr
Aug 10, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi39 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne35 min
Aug 10, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift40 min
Aug 10, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago47 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.