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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2016Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 3:52 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
May 24, 2016, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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
May 24, 3:56 PM CDTHAIL 14 E Prinsburg, MN
May 24, 4:10 PM CDTHAIL 1Blomkest, MN

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

080 
WUUS53 KMPX 242052
SVRMPX
MNC067-242115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0005.160524T2052Z-160524T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLOMKEST...OR
  12 MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  LAKE LILLIAN...BLOMKEST AND SVEA. 

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 117.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9515 4499 9519 4510 9490 4490 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 246DEG 22KT 4495 9504 

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

LS
2 follow-up statements
327 
WWUS53 KMPX 242102
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

MNC067-242115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160524T2115Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...

AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOMKEST...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 356 PM ONE INCH SIZED HAIL
         WAS REPORTED 4 MILES EAST OF PRINSBURG. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE LILLIAN...BLOMKEST AND SVEA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9515 4499 9519 4510 9490 4490 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 246DEG 22KT 4497 9497 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LS
516 
WWUS53 KMPX 242110
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

MNC067-242120-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160524T2115Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
410 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4489 9515 4499 9519 4510 9490 4490 9482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 246DEG 22KT 4497 9497 

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright64 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi58 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville42 min
May 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns32 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod27 min
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns36 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod34 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison25 min
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley50 min
May 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison42 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley32 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.