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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2016Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 21, 2016, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 21, 9:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse Edina, MN30 FOOT HIGH...28 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. REPORTED AT HWY 100 AND 70TH, EDINA, MN.

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 428 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-361 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
596 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

As transmitted.

625 
WUUS53 KMPX 220110
SVRMPX
MNC053-123-220200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0248.160922T0110Z-160922T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ST. LOUIS
  PARK...OR NEAR MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINNEAPOLIS AROUND 815 PM CDT. 
  EDINA AROUND 820 PM CDT. 
  RICHFIELD AND MSP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 835 PM CDT. 
  BLOOMINGTON AROUND 845 PM CDT. 
  MENDOTA HEIGHTS AROUND 855 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOODLAND...FORT SNELLING...NORTH MINNEAPOLIS...NEW HOPE...COMO
PARK...MN STATE FAIR...UNIV OF MN MINNEAPOLIS
CAMPUS...CRYSTAL...MEDICINE LAKE AND FALCON HEIGHTS.

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 4488 9352 4489 9352 4490 9355 4507 9343
      4499 9311 4489 9316 4487 9320 4484 9321
      4481 9325 4480 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 295DEG 17KT 4497 9339 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright30 min
Sep 21, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey3 hr
Sep 21, 10:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca7 hr
Sep 21, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyMPXAnoka, Hennepin5 hr
Sep 21, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn39 min
Sep 22, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca4 hr
Sep 22, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Rice3 hr
Sep 22, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth3 hr
Sep 22, 3:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more7 hr
Sep 22, 4:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca24 hr
Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca24 hr
Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue70 hr
Sep 22, 6:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWatonwan3 hr
Sep 22, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.