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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2016Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Bellechester, MNLARGE SHED DESTROYED.
Jun 10, 4:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGGoodhue, MNTREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 10, 4:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPepin, WINUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. .
Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Wnw Lake City, MNNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLake City, MNNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

493 
WUUS53 KMPX 102129
SVRMPX
MNC049-WIC091-102200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0043.160610T2129Z-160610T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR GOODHUE TO NEAR KENYON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...KENYON...GOODHUE...WANAMINGO...PEPIN...
  STOCKHOLM...BELLECHESTER...WASTEDO...HADER...CENTRAL POINT AND BOMBAY.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 77.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4420 9305 4441 9292 4451 9205 4447 9206
      4441 9209 4443 9220 4445 9224 4445 9243
      4437 9243 4436 9255 4420 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 265DEG 38KT 4444 9255 4422 9298 

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

JLT
1 follow-up statement
330 
WWUS53 KMPX 102153
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-WIC091-102200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160610T2200Z/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-
453 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN GOODHUE AND SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FRONTENAC TO NEAR WANAMINGO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...MESONET INDICATED. AT 435 PM, A LOCAL WIND SENSOR SOUTH OF
         CANNON FALLS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 75 MPH. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...KENYON...GOODHUE...WANAMINGO...PEPIN...STOCKHOLM...
BELLECHESTER...WASTEDO...HADER...CENTRAL POINT AND BOMBAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4420 9305 4441 9292 4451 9205 4447 9206
      4441 9209 4443 9220 4445 9224 4445 9243
      4437 9243 4436 9255 4420 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 258DEG 40KT 4449 9236 4427 9279 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley64 min
Jun 10, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley52 min
Jun 10, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca, Watonwan62 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue57 min
Jun 10, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice57 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Martin59 min
Jun 10, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca56 min
Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue3 hr
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue33 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Freeborn114 min
Jun 10, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Rusk65 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire52 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin29 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire37 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin31 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire27 min

Nearby

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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.