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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2016Nicollet County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:55 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.

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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

137 
WUUS53 KMPX 142055
SVRMPX
MNC103-129-143-142130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0056.160614T2055Z-160614T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLEMENTS TO ESSIG TO NEAR SEARLES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW ULM AROUND 400 PM CDT. 
  COURTLAND AROUND 405 PM CDT. 
  FRANKLIN AND LAFAYETTE AROUND 410 PM CDT. 
  GIBBON AROUND 415 PM CDT. 
  WINTHROP AROUND 420 PM CDT. 
  GAYLORD AND HECTOR AROUND 430 PM CDT. 

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

LAT...LON 4428 9442 4435 9449 4440 9468 4443 9470
      4445 9478 4452 9488 4452 9493 4478 9476
      4467 9449 4463 9449 4463 9439 4449 9404
      4425 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 210DEG 35KT 4443 9502 4434 9460 4421 9438 

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

BORGHOFF

1 follow-up statement

106 
WWUS53 KMPX 142125
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

MNC103-129-143-142135-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160614T2130Z/
SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-RENVILLE MN-
425 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SIBLEY...NORTHWESTERN
NICOLLET AND SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4428 9442 4435 9449 4440 9468 4443 9470
      4445 9478 4452 9488 4452 9493 4478 9476
      4467 9449 4463 9449 4463 9439 4449 9404
      4425 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 210DEG 35KT 4443 9502 4434 9460 4421 9438 

$$

BORGHOFF

The 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, 3:21 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 Tornado observed	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, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.