Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:21 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Ulm, MN | UPROOTED TREE AND MANY BRANCHES DOWN. OCCURRED AT THE CEMETERY. |
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, 8.4 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.
- 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.
217
WUUS53 KMPX 142021
SVRMPX
MNC015-127-142115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0054.160614T2021Z-160614T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
321 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 320 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STORDEN TO 6 MILES WEST OF COMFREY TO ECHOLS...
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...
COMFREY AROUND 330 PM CDT.
HANSKA AROUND 340 PM CDT.
SLEEPY EYE AND SPRINGFIELD AROUND 345 PM CDT.
MORGAN AROUND 355 PM CDT.
NEW ULM AROUND 400 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE WANDA...
CLEMENTS...REVERE...COBDEN...NEW ULM AIRPORT...SEARLES...ESSIG...EVAN...
SANBORN AND SEAFORTH.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 53 AND 103.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 72.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4411 9510 4419 9510 4420 9544 4450 9534
4450 9487 4445 9478 4443 9470 4439 9467
4440 9464 4435 9449 4427 9442 4426 9437
4411 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 235DEG 43KT 4412 9533 4408 9502 4394 9465
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
811
WWUS53 KMPX 142043
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
343 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC015-127-142115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160614T2115Z/
BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
343 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR BROWN AND SOUTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 343 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WANDA TO COBDEN TO NEAR HANSKA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HANSKA AROUND 350 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE WANDA...
CLEMENTS...COBDEN...NEW ULM AIRPORT...SEARLES...ESSIG...EVAN AND SANBORN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4418 9509 4418 9510 4419 9510 4420 9534
4439 9535 4450 9487 4445 9478 4443 9470
4439 9467 4440 9464 4435 9449 4427 9442
4426 9437 4411 9437 4411 9470 4415 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 217DEG 41KT 4436 9517 4429 9484 4412 9445
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BORGHOFF605
WWUS53 KMPX 142059
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC015-127-142115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-160614T2115Z/
BROWN MN-REDWOOD MN-
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND EAST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTIES...
AT 359 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AIRPORT TO NEAR ST GEORGE TO NEAR
NEW ULM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NEW ULM AROUND 405 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
CLEMENTS...EVAN...NEW ULM AIRPORT...SEARLES AND ESSIG.
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 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4441 9525 4450 9487 4445 9478 4443 9470
4439 9467 4440 9464 4435 9449 4427 9442
4426 9437 4411 9437 4434 9473 4433 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 230DEG 36KT 4447 9506 4442 9466 4430 9440
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
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, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 46 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.