Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2016, 12:25 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 21, 2016, 12:25 AM CDT (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 662 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
843
WUUS53 KMPX 210525
SVRMPX
MNC047-147-161-210600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0237.160921T0525Z-160921T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1225 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1225 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STEELE
CENTER...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF OWATONNA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LEMOND...
HOPE...STEELE CENTER...OTISCO AND BIXBY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 38.
U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 182.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4377 9355 4392 9368 4398 9339 4411 9305
4406 9304 4376 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 278DEG 49KT 4393 9321
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD2 follow-up statements
776
WWUS53 KMPX 210547
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1247 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
MNC047-147-161-210600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-160921T0600Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-
1247 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN WASECA AND NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN
COUNTIES...
AT 1247 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OSLO...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN WASECA AND NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LEMOND...HOPE...STEELE
CENTER AND BIXBY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9351 4395 9353 4398 9339 4411 9305
4406 9304 4378 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 278DEG 49KT 4389 9279
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD360
WWUS53 KMPX 210602
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
102 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
MNC047-147-161-210611-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0237.000000T0000Z-160921T0600Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-
102 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN
WASECA AND NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER, A NEW
WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4383 9351 4395 9353 4398 9339 4411 9305
4406 9304 4378 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 278DEG 49KT 4389 9279
$$
SPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 23 min |
| Sep 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 40 min |
| Sep 20, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 24 min |
| Sep 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 9 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.