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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 4:12 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSkyline, MNTREE TOPPLED ONTO HOUSE.
Jun 14, 4:27 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Sw Eagle Lake, MN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

480 
WUUS53 KMPX 142112
SVRMPX
MNC013-103-142200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0057.160614T2112Z-160614T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SKYLINE...OR
  NEAR MANKATO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANKATO AROUND 420 PM CDT. 
  EAGLE LAKE AROUND 440 PM CDT. 
  MADISON LAKE AROUND 455 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MANKATO
AIRPORT...SKYLINE AND GARDEN CITY.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 141.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 58.

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

LAT...LON 4405 9424 4425 9409 4425 9404 4424 9402
      4424 9391 4419 9376 4417 9377 4398 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 222DEG 16KT 4410 9406 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
1 follow-up statement
750 
WWUS53 KMPX 142157 RRA
SVSMPX

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

MNC013-103-142207-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160614T2200Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-NICOLLET MN-
457 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH AND
SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4405 9424 4425 9409 4425 9404 4424 9402
      4424 9391 4419 9376 4417 9377 4398 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 222DEG 16KT 4410 9406 

$$

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, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault56 min
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, 4:28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.