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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2016Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
Jun 10, 4:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 N Morristown, MN	TREES BLOWN OVER ROAD NEAR COUNTY RD. 12 AND INDEPENDENCE AVE. .
Jun 10, 4:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Faribault, MN	TREE OF 2.5 FEET DIAMETER DOWN ACROSS ROAD. OCCURRED NEAR 6TH ST. AND 2ND AVE. .
Jun 10, 4:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 75	7 Sse Cannon Falls, MN	MEASURED BY MNDOT SENSOR SOUTH OF CANNON FALLS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.

455 
WUUS53 KMPX 102048
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-102145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0040.160610T2048Z-160610T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
348 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KILKENNY...OR
  15 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...CANNON FALLS...LONSDALE...ZUMBROTA...KENYON...
  DUNDAS...STANTON...WANAMINGO...MORRISTOWN...WARSAW AND NERSTRAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 70.
 
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 4446 9352 4448 9328 4447 9328 4447 9305
      4450 9304 4453 9266 4420 9270 4420 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 264DEG 22KT 4435 9359 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

1 follow-up statement

034 
WWUS53 KMPX 102111
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-131-102145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160610T2145Z/
RICE MN-GOODHUE MN-
411 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FARIBAULT
AIRPORT...OR NEAR FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...CANNON FALLS...ZUMBROTA...KENYON...DUNDAS...
STANTON...WANAMINGO...MORRISTOWN...WARSAW...NERSTRAND AND BRIDGEWATER.

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 4439 9343 4448 9328 4447 9328 4447 9305
      4450 9304 4453 9266 4420 9270 4420 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 270DEG 34KT 4435 9327 

HAIL...0.75IN
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, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley	52 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, 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.