Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2016, 7:32 AM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 28, 8:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Stewart, MN | 3-4 DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN AND PENNY SIZED HAIL AT CR 7 AND VALE AVE. |
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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
303 WUUS53 KMPX 281232 SVRMPX MNC085-093-129-281315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0227.160828T1232Z-160828T1315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 732 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 732 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKESIDE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HUTCHINSON...SILVER LAKE...BROWNTON...SUMTER...LAKESIDE...BISCAY... LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK...CEDAR MILLS... CORVUSO AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 114. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4476 9471 4495 9464 4496 9410 4471 9426 TIME...MOT...LOC 1232Z 278DEG 24KT 4486 9466 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ DWE
2 follow-up statements
360
WWUS53 KMPX 281304
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC093-281313-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160828T1315Z/
MEEKER MN-
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4476 9465 4490 9449 4491 9413 4485 9416
4471 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 270DEG 17KT 4482 9444
$$
MNC085-129-281315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160828T1315Z/
MCLEOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN MCLEOD AND EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 803 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MARION
REGIONAL PARK...OR NEAR HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTCHINSON...SILVER LAKE...BROWNTON...SUMTER...LAKESIDE...BISCAY...
LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9465 4490 9449 4491 9413 4485 9416
4471 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 270DEG 17KT 4482 9444
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
DWE173
WWUS53 KMPX 281313
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
813 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
MNC085-129-281323-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0227.000000T0000Z-160828T1315Z/
MCLEOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
813 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MCLEOD AND EASTERN
RENVILLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4476 9465 4490 9449 4491 9413 4485 9416
4471 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 278DEG 24KT 4482 9444
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 10:34 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Freeborn and 20 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Aug 28, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 57 min |
| Aug 28, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 42 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.