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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 20165 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 3:08 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 9 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: Jun 10, 2016, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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
Jun 10, 3:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cleveland, MN	SIX TO EIGHT INCH TREES DOWN OVER HOUSE IN TOWN. POWER LINE ALSO TOPPLED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. .
Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 N Le Center, MN	.
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Le Center, MN	A FEW TREES TOPPLED. .
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Le Center, MN	NUMEROUS TREES TOPPLED. SEVERAL LARGE TREES FELLED OVER HOMES. MAINLY OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN PORTION OF TOWN. .
Jun 10, 3:41 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Le Center, MN	.
Jun 10, 3:44 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	North Mankato, MN	EIGHT INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. .
Jun 10, 3:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 E Le Center, MN	SEMI-TRAILER BLOWN OVER.
Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mankato, MN	FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. .
Jun 10, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Montgomery, MN	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. .

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 53 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: 746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

213 
WUUS53 KMPX 102008
SVRMPX
MNC013-079-103-139-143-102100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0036.160610T2008Z-160610T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
308 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 307 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW ROME TO SKYLINE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...ST. PETER...NEW PRAGUE...BELLE PLAINE...LE
  SUEUR...MONTGOMERY...LE CENTER...EAGLE LAKE...WATERVILLE...MADISON LAKE
  AND HENDERSON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 141.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 90...AND NEAR MILE
MARKER 92.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4458 9403 4464 9351 4454 9351 4453 9353
      4440 9352 4420 9353 4419 9357 4420 9376
      4416 9377 4411 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 252DEG 35KT 4456 9403 4414 9403 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

429 
WWUS53 KMPX 102025
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

MNC013-079-103-139-143-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
SIBLEY MN-BLUE EARTH MN-SCOTT MN-NICOLLET MN-LE SUEUR MN-
325 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY...NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHWESTERN
SCOTT...EASTERN NICOLLET AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 323 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST THOMAS TO NEAR MADISON LAKE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING
AHEAD OF THE MAIN SEVERE STORM ACROSS EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY. ALL
OF THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. 

HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...ST. PETER...NEW PRAGUE...BELLE PLAINE...LE
SUEUR...MONTGOMERY...LE CENTER...EAGLE LAKE...WATERVILLE...MADISON LAKE
AND HENDERSON.

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 4458 9403 4464 9351 4454 9351 4453 9353
      4440 9352 4420 9353 4419 9357 4420 9376
      4416 9377 4411 9404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 265DEG 35KT 4447 9382 4419 9386 

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

JLT

234 
WWUS53 KMPX 102053
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

MNC013-103-139-143-102103-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
SIBLEY MN-BLUE EARTH MN-SCOTT MN-NICOLLET MN-
353 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY...
NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND EASTERN NICOLLET
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. TEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4423 9377 4424 9382 4453 9365 4454 9353
      4441 9353 4440 9352 4420 9353 4420 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 260DEG 32KT 4450 9356 4422 9373 

$$

MNC079-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
LE SUEUR MN-
353 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...

AT 353 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW PRAGUE TO GREENLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PRAGUE...MONTGOMERY...LE CENTER...WATERVILLE...ELYSIAN...KILKENNY...
HEIDELBERG...GREENLAND AND LAKE JEFFERSON.

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 4423 9377 4424 9382 4453 9365 4454 9353
      4441 9353 4440 9352 4420 9353 4420 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 260DEG 32KT 4450 9356 4422 9373 

HAIL...0.88IN
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 10, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	64 min
Jun 10, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Waseca, Watonwan	62 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	57 min
Jun 10, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	57 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Martin	59 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	31 min
Jun 10, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca	56 min
Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	3 hr
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	33 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	114 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.