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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 26, 2016Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:38 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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: May 26, 2016, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 2:02 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 1:44 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Lake Crystal, 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

As transmitted.

600 
WUUS53 KMPX 260638
SVRMPX
MNC013-103-260730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0027.160526T0638Z-160526T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
138 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 138 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE CRYSTAL...
  OR 14 MILES WEST OF MANKATO...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  NICOLLET AROUND 215 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OSHAWA
AND JUDSON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 125.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4404 9423 4408 9435 4435 9428 4428 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 202DEG 16KT 4411 9426 

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

BORGHOFF

1 follow-up statement

078 
WWUS53 KMPX 260702
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
202 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

MNC013-103-260712-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160526T0730Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-
202 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND
SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4404 9423 4408 9435 4435 9428 4428 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 202DEG 16KT 4421 9420 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	45 min
May 25, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	42 min
May 25, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin	55 min
May 25, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	55 min
May 25, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin	38 min
May 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	54 min
May 26, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet	45 min
May 26, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown	27 min
May 26, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	40 min
May 26, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	44 min
May 26, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	44 min
May 26, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	46 min
May 26, 3:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	53 min

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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.