Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 5:48 PM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 6 reports 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 23, 2016, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Nne Hutchinson, MN | |
| May 23, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Nne Hutchinson, MN | CORRECTED HAIL SIZE. |
| May 23, 6:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Cokato, MN | |
| May 23, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Wnw Cokato, MN | GOLF COURSE VARIED SIZE. |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Cokato, MN | UNKNOWN EQUIPMENT. |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cokato, MN | IMAGE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
117
WUUS53 KMPX 232248
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-171-232315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.160523T2248Z-160523T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 548 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENLEAF...OR
7 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTCHINSON...COKATO...DASSEL AND SMITH LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4487 9440 4499 9450 4517 9423 4501 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 239DEG 29KT 4499 9437
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
955
WWUS53 KMPX 232301
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
601 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
MNC085-093-171-232315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160523T2315Z/
MCLEOD MN-WRIGHT MN-MEEKER MN-
601 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCLEOD...SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN
MEEKER COUNTIES...
AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DASSEL...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTCHINSON...COKATO...DASSEL AND SMITH LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4488 9437 4505 9441 4517 9423 4501 9402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 238DEG 24KT 4499 9430
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 35 min |
| May 23, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 28 min |
| May 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 22 min |
| May 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 36 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.