Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 5:48 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2016, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
106
WUUS53 KMPX 122248
SVRMPX
MNC067-145-122345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0051.160612T2248Z-160612T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELGRADE...OR
23 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...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.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RICHMOND AROUND 640 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...ROSCOE...GEORGEVILLE...ST. MARTIN...ELROSA...SPRING
HILL...FARMING AND REGAL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 150.
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 156.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4531 9511 4555 9507 4565 9450 4536 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 263DEG 21KT 4547 9496
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
736 WWUS53 KMPX 122311 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 611 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016 MNC067-145-122345- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-160612T2345Z/ STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN- 611 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES... AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE HENRY...OR 27 MILES WEST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... RICHMOND AROUND 640 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE HENRY...ROSCOE...GEORGEVILLE...ST. MARTIN...PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...ELROSA... SPRING HILL...FARMING AND REGAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4531 9511 4557 9495 4565 9450 4536 9449 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 263DEG 21KT 4549 9476 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
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WWUS53 KMPX 122333
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
633 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
MNC067-145-122345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-160612T2345Z/
STEARNS MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
633 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE HENRY...OR
26 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RICHMOND AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
HENRY...ROSCOE...ST. MARTIN...PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...SPRING HILL...FARMING
AND REGAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4532 9502 4547 9488 4559 9481 4565 9450
4536 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 275DEG 12KT 4546 9473
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.