Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 6:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
060
WUUS53 KMPX 162321
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-170015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0206.160816T2321Z-160817T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
KILKENNY...OR 14 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
MORRISTOWN AROUND 645 PM CDT.
WARSAW AROUND 655 PM CDT.
FARIBAULT AROUND 710 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KILKENNY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4425 9364 4432 9364 4436 9337 4422 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 265DEG 13KT 4429 9357
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
631 WWUS53 KMPX 162339 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 639 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MNC079-131-170015- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/ RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN- 639 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES... AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR 9 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... WARSAW AROUND 650 PM CDT. FARIBAULT AROUND 705 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4425 9364 4433 9353 4436 9337 4422 9338 TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 254DEG 14KT 4432 9348 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BORGHOFF
701
WWUS53 KMPX 162348
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
MNC079-131-162358-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-160817T0015Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
648 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4425 9364 4433 9353 4436 9337 4422 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 265DEG 13KT 4432 9343
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 9 days |
| Aug 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 73 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 52 min |
Nearby
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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.