Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 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.
- 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
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
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
462
WWUS53 KMPX 232147
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
447 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
MNC129-232156-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T2200Z/
RENVILLE MN-
447 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4505 9487 4493 9480 4490 9499 4495 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 242DEG 25KT 4494 9495
$$
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
$$
JRB728
WWUS53 KMPX 232155
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
455 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
MNC067-232205-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T2200Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
455 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4505 9487 4493 9480 4490 9499 4495 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 242DEG 25KT 4494 9495
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 35 min |
| May 23, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 27 min |
| May 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 22 min |
| May 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 36 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.