Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2016, 2:22 AM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 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
- Sep 5, 2016, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:22 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
992
WUUS53 KMPX 050722
SVRMPX
MNC091-165-050815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0229.160905T0722Z-160905T0815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
222 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 221 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COMFREY TO NEAR ORLEANS...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ST. JAMES AND CEYLON AROUND 245 AM CDT.
MADELIA AROUND 300 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GROGAN...ORMSBY...FOXLAKE...DARFUR...FAIRMONT AIRPORT...ST JAMES
AIRPORT... LA SALLE...ODIN...IMOGENE AND WILBERT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 9485 4383 9486 4384 9487 4385 9486
4411 9486 4410 9437 4385 9436 4384 9425
4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 273DEG 42KT 4410 9502 4345 9503
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB4 follow-up statements
472
WWUS53 KMPX 050743
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
243 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
MNC091-165-050815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160905T0815Z/
WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN-
243 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR WATONWAN AND MARTIN COUNTIES...
AT 243 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SVEADAHL TO NEAR GRUVER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MADELIA AROUND 300 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GROGAN...ORMSBY...FOXLAKE...DARFUR...FAIRMONT AIRPORT...ST JAMES
AIRPORT... LA SALLE...ODIN...IMOGENE AND WILBERT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 9485 4383 9486 4384 9487 4385 9486
4411 9486 4410 9437 4385 9436 4384 9425
4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0743Z 273DEG 42KT 4409 9468 4344 9469
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB620
WWUS53 KMPX 050749
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
249 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
MNC091-165-050815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160905T0815Z/
WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN-
249 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT
FOR WATONWAN AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES...
AT 249 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA SALLE TO NEAR FOXLAKE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MADELIA AND TRUMAN AROUND 300 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GROGAN...ORMSBY...ECHOLS...ST JAMES AIRPORT...SVEADAHL...LA
SALLE...ODIN AND SOUTH BRANCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4371 9477 4389 9476 4411 9476 4410 9437
4385 9436 4384 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 262DEG 43KT 4409 9462 4374 9457
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB722 WWUS53 KMPX 050758 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 258 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 MNC091-050807- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160905T0815Z/ MARTIN MN- 258 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4411 9457 4410 9437 4385 9436 4385 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 264DEG 54KT 4412 9440 4376 9446 $$ MNC165-050815- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160905T0815Z/ WATONWAN MN- 258 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY... AT 257 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HANSKA TO NORTHROP...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LA SALLE... GROGAN...ST JAMES AIRPORT AND SOUTH BRANCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4411 9457 4410 9437 4385 9436 4385 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 264DEG 54KT 4412 9440 4376 9446 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ JRB
511
WWUS53 KMPX 050810
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
310 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
MNC165-050819-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0229.000000T0000Z-160905T0815Z/
WATONWAN MN-
310 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4411 9457 4410 9437 4385 9436 4385 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 273DEG 42KT 4412 9440 4376 9446
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 56 min |
| Sep 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 58 min |
| Sep 5, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 64 min |
| Sep 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago, Dakota and 19 more | 43 hr |
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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.