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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 23, 2016Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
May 23, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 4:35 PM CDTHAIL 14 Ssw Blomkest, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

464 
WUUS53 KMPX 232132
SVRMPX
MNC067-129-232200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.160523T2132Z-160523T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
432 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOMKEST...OR
  17 MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE LILLIAN...BLOMKEST AND THORPE. 

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 111.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4505 9487 4488 9477 4484 9496 4481 9512
      4489 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 242DEG 25KT 4489 9508 

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

JRB
2 follow-up statements
462 
WWUS53 KMPX 232147
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
447 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

MNC129-232156-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T2200Z/
RENVILLE MN-
447 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4505 9487 4493 9480 4490 9499 4495 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 242DEG 25KT 4494 9495 

$$

MNC067-232200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T2200Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
447 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...

AT 446 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOMKEST...OR 14
MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE LILLIAN...BLOMKEST AND THORPE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4505 9487 4493 9480 4490 9499 4495 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 242DEG 25KT 4494 9495 

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

JRB
728 
WWUS53 KMPX 232155
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
455 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

MNC067-232205-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T2200Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
455 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4505 9487 4493 9480 4490 9499 4495 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 242DEG 25KT 4494 9495 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville35 min
May 23, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Wright27 min
May 23, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright22 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright36 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.