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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Red Wing, MN	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Red Wing, MN	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

148 
WUUS53 KMPX 102157
SVRMPX
MNC049-WIC093-102230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0045.160610T2157Z-160610T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 457 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RED WING
  AIRPORT...OR NEAR RED WING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  RED WING...ELLSWORTH...BAY CITY...EL PASO...WACOUTA...ESDAILE...FRONTENAC
  STATE PARK...HAGER CITY AND RED WING AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 96.
 
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 4444 9265 4463 9264 4479 9234 4455 9215
      4454 9221 4454 9231 4452 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 242DEG 30KT 4459 9249 

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

RAH

2 follow-up statements

257 
WWUS53 KMPX 102213
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-WIC093-102230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160610T2230Z/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
513 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WACOUTA...OR 7
MILES EAST OF RED WING...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
RED WING...BAY CITY...WACOUTA...ESDAILE...FRONTENAC STATE PARK...HAGER
CITY AND RED WING AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4448 9248 4462 9255 4473 9229 4455 9215
      4454 9221 4454 9231 4452 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 253DEG 20KT 4456 9239 

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

RAH

456 
WWUS53 KMPX 102222
SVSMPX

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

MNC049-WIC093-102230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160610T2230Z/
GOODHUE MN-PIERCE WI-
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOCKHOLM...OR
14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WABASHA...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
BAY CITY...WACOUTA AND FRONTENAC STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4449 9243 4460 9245 4465 9223 4455 9215
      4454 9221 4454 9231 4452 9231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 269DEG 31KT 4455 9222 

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

RAH

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, 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, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	114 min
Jun 10, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Rusk	65 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	52 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	29 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	37 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	31 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	27 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.