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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2016Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 5:22 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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 28, 2016, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Chippewa County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 5:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Montevideo, MNMULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

165 
WUUS53 KMPX 281022
SVRMPX
MNC023-281100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0224.160828T1022Z-160828T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 521 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEVIDEO
  AIRPORT...OR NEAR MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYNARD AROUND 545 AM CDT. 
  CLARA CITY AROUND 550 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLUEK AND ASBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4511 9572 4507 9525 4490 9525 4489 9548
      4487 9549 4495 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 282DEG 25KT 4501 9565 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
700 
WWUS53 KMPX 281033
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
533 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

MNC023-281100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-160828T1100Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
533 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

AT 533 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLUEK...OR 9
MILES EAST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYNARD AROUND 545 AM CDT. 
  CLARA CITY AROUND 550 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GLUEK
AND ASBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4507 9525 4490 9525 4489 9548 4487 9549
      4492 9566 4510 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 282DEG 25KT 4499 9553 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
742 
WWUS53 KMPX 281044
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

MNC023-281100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0224.000000T0000Z-160828T1100Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
544 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

AT 544 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GLUEK...OR 14
MILES EAST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARA CITY AROUND 550 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GLUEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4507 9525 4490 9525 4489 9548 4491 9555
      4509 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 282DEG 25KT 4497 9542 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 10:34 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 20 more10 hr
Aug 28, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle43 min
Aug 28, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle53 min
Aug 28, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa42 min
Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville52 min
Aug 28, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville57 min
Aug 28, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle40 min
Aug 28, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville43 min
Aug 28, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley52 min
Aug 28, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod26 min
Aug 28, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa44 min
Aug 28, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi46 min
Aug 28, 9:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.