Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Washington County, MN, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
738
WUUS53 KMPX 190815
SVRMPX
MNC003-025-059-163-WIC095-109-190900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0220.160819T0815Z-160819T0900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
315 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
ISANTI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 315 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST. FRANCIS TO NEAR WYOMING TO NEAR RIVER
FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
STACY AROUND 325 AM CDT.
CHISAGO CITY...LINDSTROM AND CENTER CITY AROUND 330 AM CDT.
RUSH CITY AROUND 355 AM CDT.
FREDERIC AND LUCK AROUND 400 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BRANCH...OTISVILLE...WILD RIVER STATE
PARK...ATHENS...CUSHING...NYE... OSCEOLA AIRPORT...RUSH CITY
AIRPORT...DERONDA AND SPENCER BROOK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 163.
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 22.
U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 165.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4572 9242 4541 9215 4517 9216 4510 9213
4516 9277 4532 9306 4552 9352 4557 9351
4574 9320 4573 9285 4564 9288 4565 9253
4573 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 227DEG 37KT 4540 9345 4533 9305 4490 9256
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC1 follow-up statement
304
WWUS53 KMPX 190851
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
351 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
MNC003-163-190900-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-160819T0900Z/
WASHINGTON MN-ANOKA MN-
351 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND
NORTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN
WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN ANOKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4572 9242 4541 9215 4517 9216 4510 9213
4515 9267 4523 9277 4530 9275 4530 9283
4539 9292 4543 9317 4573 9320 4573 9285
4565 9289 4564 9286 4565 9253 4573 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 226DEG 37KT 4564 9308 4557 9268 4514 9234
$$
MNC025-059-WIC095-109-190900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-160819T0900Z/
ISANTI MN-CHISAGO MN-ST. CROIX WI-POLK WI-
351 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN ISANTI...CHISAGO...NORTHERN ST. CROIX AND POLK
COUNTIES...
AT 350 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARRIS TO CUSHING TO CYLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FREDERIC...LUCK AND CLEAR LAKE AROUND 400 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BRANCH...OTISVILLE...WILD RIVER STATE PARK...CUSHING...NYE...OSCEOLA
AIRPORT...RUSH CITY AIRPORT...DERONDA...WANDEROOS AND STANCHFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4572 9242 4541 9215 4517 9216 4510 9213
4515 9267 4523 9277 4530 9275 4530 9283
4539 9292 4543 9317 4573 9320 4573 9285
4565 9289 4564 9286 4565 9253 4573 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 226DEG 37KT 4564 9308 4557 9268 4514 9234
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and 1 more | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 58 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.