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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2016Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 5:53 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 28, 2016, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2016, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

785 
WUUS53 KMPX 281053
SVRMPX
MNC023-067-129-281145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0225.160828T1053Z-160828T1145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 AM CDT

* AT 552 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CLARA
  CITY... OR 18 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RAYMOND AROUND 605 AM CDT. 
  PRINSBURG AROUND 610 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BLOMKEST
AND SVEA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 115.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4504 9532 4500 9491 4480 9499 4488 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 281DEG 25KT 4496 9534 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
443 
WWUS53 KMPX 281107
SVSMPX

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

MNC023-281116-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-160828T1145Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
607 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4490 9525 4494 9525 4503 9522 4500 9494
      4499 9492 4480 9499 4487 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 281DEG 25KT 4494 9520 

$$

MNC067-129-281145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0225.000000T0000Z-160828T1145Z/
RENVILLE MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
607 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 606 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PRINSBURG...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL RENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BLOMKEST AND SVEA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4490 9525 4494 9525 4503 9522 4500 9494
      4499 9492 4480 9499 4487 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 281DEG 25KT 4494 9520 

HAIL...1.25IN
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, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.