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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2016Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:49 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 14, 2016, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

297 
WUUS53 KMPX 142049
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-142145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0055.160614T2049Z-160614T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
349 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF AMBOY TO NEAR EAST CHAIN...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUE EARTH...MAPLETON...WINNEBAGO...MINNESOTA LAKE...ELMORE...AMBOY...
  BRICELYN...PEMBERTON...EASTON...FROST...DELAVAN AND BRUSH CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 137.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4384 9425 4385 9432 4393 9433 4401 9378
      4350 9373 4350 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 265DEG 34KT 4385 9428 4353 9428 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin53 min
Jun 14, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth36 min
Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Steele and 2 more12 hr
Jun 14, 11:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca41 min
Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan42 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan46 min
Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood54 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth46 min
Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXBlue Earth38 min
Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan4 hr
Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley35 min
Jun 14, 4:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXLe Sueur, Rice41 min
Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet48 min
Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth32 min
Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca57 min
Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Waseca19 min
Jun 14, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice49 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur22 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet5 hr
Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice, Scott3 hr
Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington3 hr
Jun 14, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue37 min
Jun 14, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.