Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 11:20 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- May 25, 2016, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
171
WUUS53 KMPX 260420
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-260515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0020.160526T0420Z-160526T0515Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1120 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1119 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CHAIN...
OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRMONT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELMORE AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
BLUE EARTH AROUND 1150 PM CDT.
FROST AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GUCKEEN...
IMOGENE...HUNTLEY...EAST CHAIN AND GRANADA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 129.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 23.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9438 4362 9434 4374 9442 4382 9417
4384 9398 4350 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 249DEG 22KT 4355 9432
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
689 WWUS53 KMPX 260448 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1148 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 MNC043-091-260515- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160526T0515Z/ MARTIN MN-FARIBAULT MN- 1148 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 1148 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BLUE EARTH TO NEAR EAST CHAIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... BLUE EARTH AND FROST AROUND 1155 PM CDT. ELMORE AROUND 1215 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4350 9432 4361 9428 4373 9394 4350 9386 TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 252DEG 18KT 4364 9401 4351 9430 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BORGHOFF
440
WWUS53 KMPX 260507 RRA
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
MNC043-091-260517-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160526T0515Z/
MARTIN MN-FARIBAULT MN-
1207 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND
SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4350 9432 4361 9428 4373 9394 4350 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 249DEG 22KT 4364 9401 4351 9430
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 45 min |
| May 25, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 42 min |
| May 25, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 55 min |
| May 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| May 25, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 54 min |
| May 26, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 45 min |
| May 26, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown | 27 min |
| May 26, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 40 min |
| May 26, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 44 min |
| May 26, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 24 min |
| May 26, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 46 min |
| May 26, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 53 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.