Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Sep 21, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)

Expired

Sep 21, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.5 in

Wind

50.0 mph

County Hennepin County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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748 
WUUS53 KMPX 212333
SVRMPX
MNC053-220015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0245.160921T2333Z-160922T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
633 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  CORCORAN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG 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...
  MAPLE GROVE AROUND 645 PM CDT. 
  PLYMOUTH AROUND 655 PM CDT. 
  CHAMPLIN AROUND 700 PM CDT. 
  BROOKLYN PARK AND BROOKLYN CENTER AROUND 705 PM CDT. 
  MINNEAPOLIS AND ANOKA AROUND 710 PM CDT. 
  COON RAPIDS AND FRIDLEY AROUND 715 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OSSEO... LORETTO..HAMEL...CRYSTAL...NEW HOPE AND GREENFIELD.

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 4514 9330 4511 9329 4510 9327 4504 9329
      4504 9366 4512 9369 4520 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 256DEG 18KT 4509 9359 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

072 
WWUS53 KMPX 212353 RRA
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
653 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016

MNC053-220015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0245.000000T0000Z-160922T0015Z/
HENNEPIN MN-
653 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY...

AT 651 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM MAPLE
GROVE BACK TO ROCHESTER, WITH STORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME
LOCATIONS.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHAMPLIN AROUND 700 PM CDT. 
  BROOKLYN PARK AND BROOKLYN CENTER AROUND 705 PM CDT. 
  MINNEAPOLIS AND ANOKA AROUND 710 PM CDT. 
  COON RAPIDS AND FRIDLEY AROUND 715 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
OSSEO... LORETTO...CRYSTAL AIRPORT...HAMEL...CRYSTAL...NEW HOPE AND
GREENFIELD.

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 4514 9330 4511 9329 4510 9327 4504 9329
      4504 9366 4512 9369 4520 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 256DEG 18KT 4511 9346 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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