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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2016Le Sueur County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 1:34 AM CDT for Le Sueur County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 9, 2016, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Le Sueur County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

833 
WUUS53 KMPX 090634
SVRMPX
MNC079-090700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0030.160609T0634Z-160609T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
134 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 134 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE CENTER...OR
  21 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
  MONTGOMERY AND LE CENTER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9373 4449 9374 4448 9353 4440 9352
      4433 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 274DEG 15KT 4442 9368 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

981 
WWUS53 KMPX 090641
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
141 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

MNC079-090700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160609T0700Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
141 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...

AT 140 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTGOMERY...OR
19 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 15 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTGOMERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9370 4449 9370 4448 9353 4440 9352
      4433 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 274DEG 15KT 4442 9364 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

843 
WWUS53 KMPX 090649
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
149 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

MNC079-090700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160609T0700Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
149 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...

AT 149 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MONTGOMERY...OR
18 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
MONTGOMERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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 4437 9370 4449 9370 4448 9353 4440 9352
      4433 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 274DEG 15KT 4442 9360 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	35 min
Jun 8, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	44 min
Jun 9, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	2 hr
Jun 9, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	32 min
Jun 9, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	46 min
Jun 9, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	119 min
Jun 9, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	48 min
Jun 9, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	47 min
Jun 9, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	50 min
Jun 9, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Wright	34 min
Jun 9, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Wright	14 min
Jun 9, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	23 min
Jun 9, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	48 min
Jun 9, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	41 min
Jun 9, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	35 min
Jun 9, 8:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	47 min
Jun 9, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	53 min
Jun 9, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	36 min
Jun 9, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	34 min
Jun 9, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	51 min
Jun 9, 3:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 21 more	30 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.