Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 18, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lake Crystal, MN | BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER OUT. |
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 Ne Madelia, MN | MESONET STATION MADELIA 3 ENE /MN045/ ROAD SIDE EQUIPMENT...STILL AWAITING COLLATERAL DAMAGE REPORTS FOR CONFORMATION OF THIS EVENT. |
| Aug 18, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Mankato, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN IN FRONT YARD. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
210
WUUS53 KMPX 181959
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-103-182100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0211.160818T1959Z-160818T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SEARLES...OR
NEAR NEW ULM...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...ST. PETER...LAKE CRYSTAL...EAGLE LAKE...
NICOLLET...MADISON LAKE...ST. CLAIR...KASOTA...COURTLAND...
PEMBERTON AND CLEVELAND.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 143.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 68.
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 4406 9437 4437 9437 4434 9376 4398 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 278DEG 34KT 4422 9443
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
746
WWUS53 KMPX 182023
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
323 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
MNC013-079-103-182100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160818T2100Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-LE SUEUR MN-
323 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET AND SOUTHWESTERN LE
SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 322 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUDSON...OR
NEAR MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...ST. PETER...LAKE CRYSTAL...EAGLE LAKE...
NICOLLET...MADISON LAKE...ST. CLAIR...KASOTA...COURTLAND...
PEMBERTON AND GARDEN CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4406 9437 4432 9437 4431 9376 4398 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 278DEG 34KT 4419 9411
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$404
WWUS53 KMPX 182045
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
MNC079-182054-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160818T2100Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
345 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA... THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4404 9423 4424 9414 4424 9377 4398 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 278DEG 48KT 4416 9385
$$
MNC013-103-182100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-160818T2100Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-
345 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH AND SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES...
AT 344 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAGLE
LAKE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MANKATO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...LAKE CRYSTAL...EAGLE LAKE...MADISON LAKE...
ST.
CLAIR...PEMBERTON...GARDEN CITY...SKYLINE AND MANKATO AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4404 9423 4424 9414 4424 9377 4398 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 278DEG 48KT 4416 9385
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 47 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.