Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 14, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 14, 3:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ormsby, MN | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 14, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | St. James, MN | EIGHT TO NINE INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES SEVERED. OCCURRED NEAR 8TH AVE N. AND 3RD ST. NORTH. . |
| Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Darfur, MN | FEW TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
333
WUUS53 KMPX 141959
SVRMPX
MNC091-165-142045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0053.160614T1959Z-160614T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 259 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WILDER TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERGEN TO NEAR
DUNNELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
SHERBURN AROUND 310 PM CDT.
WELCOME AND BUTTERFIELD AROUND 315 PM CDT.
TRIMONT AROUND 320 PM CDT.
ST. JAMES AROUND 325 PM CDT.
MADELIA AND TRUMAN AROUND 335 PM CDT.
LEWISVILLE AROUND 340 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4350 9458 4350 9485 4383 9486 4384 9487
4385 9486 4411 9486 4410 9440 4354 9441
4349 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 216DEG 41KT 4386 9523 4375 9487 4353 9480
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BORGHOFF1 follow-up statement
312
WWUS53 KMPX 142017
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
317 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC091-165-142045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
WATONWAN MN-MARTIN MN-
317 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR WATONWAN AND MARTIN COUNTIES...
AT 317 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DELFT TO BUTTERFIELD TO NEAR CEYLON...MOVING NORTH
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ST. JAMES AND BUTTERFIELD AROUND 320 PM CDT.
TRIMONT AROUND 335 PM CDT.
TRUMAN AND LEWISVILLE AROUND 345 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GROGAN...ORMSBY...FOXLAKE...DARFUR...FAIRMONT AIRPORT...ST JAMES AIRPORT...
LA SALLE...ODIN...WILBERT AND SOUTH BRANCH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4350 9458 4350 9485 4383 9486 4384 9487
4385 9486 4411 9486 4410 9440 4354 9441
4349 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 198DEG 47KT 4403 9508 4395 9476 4353 9470
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
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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.