Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2016, 1:43 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 18, 2016, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
017
WUUS53 KMPX 181843
SVRMPX
MNC127-181930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0208.160818T1843Z-160818T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
143 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 142 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SEAFORTH...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT
35 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...
REDWOOD FALLS...MORGAN...WABASSO...CLEMENTS...SEAFORTH...
NORTH REDWOOD AND REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 75.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9538 4454 9536 4456 9535 4459 9510
4457 9509 4457 9507 4456 9506 4451 9487
4433 9487 4434 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 268DEG 31KT 4447 9527
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
918
WWUS53 KMPX 181903
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
203 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
MNC127-181930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-160818T1930Z/
REDWOOD MN-
203 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY...
AT 203 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLEMENTS...OR
10 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REDWOOD FALLS...MORGAN...WABASSO AND CLEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4440 9535 4447 9524 4453 9520 4454 9514
4455 9502 4451 9487 4433 9487 4434 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 277DEG 24KT 4440 9513
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$753
WWUS53 KMPX 181914
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
214 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
MNC127-181930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-160818T1930Z/
REDWOOD MN-
214 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY...
AT 214 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLEMENTS...OR
13 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORGAN AROUND 225 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CLEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4442 9523 4445 9517 4447 9514 4449 9508
4450 9501 4451 9487 4433 9487 4434 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 277DEG 25KT 4435 9505
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 7 days |
| Aug 18, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 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.