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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 5, 2016Blue Earth County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2016, 2:41 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Blue Earth County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

294 
WUUS53 KMPX 050741
SVRMPX
MNC013-050830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0232.160905T0741Z-160905T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 241 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW ULM TO NEAR LA SALLE...MOVING EAST AT 65
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COURTLAND AROUND 250 AM CDT. 
  LAKE CRYSTAL AROUND 255 AM CDT. 
  MANKATO AROUND 305 AM CDT. 
  EAGLE LAKE AROUND 310 AM CDT. 
  MADISON LAKE AROUND 315 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MANKATO AIRPORT...GARDEN CITY...JUDSON AND SKYLINE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 143.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4426 9436 4421 9424 4422 9422 4420 9422
      4420 9414 4416 9406 4417 9401 4420 9403
      4424 9401 4423 9377 4405 9377 4384 9423
      4385 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 251DEG 57KT 4427 9450 4407 9450 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

3 follow-up statements

467 
WWUS53 KMPX 050801
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
301 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

MNC013-050830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-160905T0830Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
301 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR BLUE EARTH COUNTY...

AT 301 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR JUDSON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON CENTER AROUND 305 AM CDT. 
  GOOD THUNDER AROUND 310 AM CDT. 
  MANKATO AROUND 315 AM CDT. 
  EAGLE LAKE...MADISON LAKE AND ST. CLAIR AROUND 325 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MANKATO AIRPORT...GARDEN CITY...JUDSON AND SKYLINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4426 9436 4421 9424 4422 9422 4420 9422
      4420 9414 4416 9406 4417 9401 4420 9403
      4424 9401 4423 9377 4405 9377 4384 9423
      4385 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 255DEG 50KT 4421 9428 4401 9428 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

507 
WWUS53 KMPX 050816
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

MNC013-050830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-160905T0830Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
316 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BLUE EARTH COUNTY...

AT 315 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM KASOTA TO NEAR SKYLINE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  EAGLE LAKE AND ST. CLAIR AROUND 320 AM CDT. 
  MADISON LAKE AROUND 325 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MANKATO AIRPORT...GARDEN CITY...JUDSON AND SKYLINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4421 9424 4422 9422 4420 9422 4420 9414
      4416 9406 4417 9401 4420 9403 4424 9401
      4423 9377 4405 9377 4403 9381 4401 9387
      4402 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 250DEG 52KT 4428 9398 4408 9399 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

433 
WWUS53 KMPX 050822
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

MNC013-050831-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-160905T0830Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
322 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BLUE EARTH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 AM CDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4421 9424 4422 9422 4420 9422 4420 9414
      4416 9406 4417 9401 4420 9403 4424 9401
      4423 9377 4405 9377 4403 9381 4401 9387
      4402 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0819Z 251DEG 57KT 4428 9398 4408 9399 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	53 min
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, 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

Nearby

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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.