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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2016Carver County, Hennepin County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2016, 4:29 AM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 14 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, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2016, 4:43 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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.

888 
WUUS53 KMPX 090929
SVRMPX
MNC019-053-171-091015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0033.160609T0929Z-160609T1015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 428 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WATERTOWN...OR
  13 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  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...
  MOUND...ORONO...MINNETRISTA...DELANO...MEDINA...WATERTOWN...INDEPENDENCE...
  MAPLE PLAIN AND LORETTO.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 148.
 
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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9387 4505 9387 4506 9360 4492 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 272DEG 14KT 4499 9385 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

828 
WWUS53 KMPX 090938
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-053-171-091015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160609T1015Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-WRIGHT MN-
438 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CARVER...WEST CENTRAL HENNEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT
COUNTIES...

AT 438 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERTOWN...OR
13 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...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...
MOUND...ORONO...MINNETRISTA...DELANO...MEDINA...WATERTOWN...INDEPENDENCE...
MAPLE PLAIN AND LORETTO.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9387 4505 9387 4506 9360 4492 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 272DEG 14KT 4499 9379 

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

JLT

419 
WWUS53 KMPX 090943
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-053-171-090952-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160609T1015Z/
CARVER MN-HENNEPIN MN-WRIGHT MN-
443 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CARVER...WEST CENTRAL
HENNEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4493 9387 4505 9387 4506 9360 4492 9365
TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 272DEG 14KT 4499 9376 

$$

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, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	26 min
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, 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.