Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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, 5:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Waterville, MN | TREE DOWN OVER POWER LINE. |
| Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waterville, MN | SIDING ON HOME PEELING OFF. |
| Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waterville, MN | FEW STREETS CLOSED DUE TO SCATTERED TREES OVER ROADS. |
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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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.
108
WUUS53 KMPX 142133
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-079-147-161-142230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0058.160614T2133Z-160614T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
433 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 433 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SMITHS MILL TO NEAR MINNESOTA LAKE TO NEAR
KIESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
JANESVILLE AROUND 440 PM CDT.
FREEBORN AND WALDORF AROUND 445 PM CDT.
ELYSIAN AROUND 450 PM CDT.
WASECA...EMMONS AND HARTLAND AROUND 455 PM CDT.
WATERVILLE...NEW RICHLAND...ALDEN AND CONGER AROUND 500 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
KIESTER...LEMOND...WALTERS...MATAWAN...SMITHS MILL...BARODA...ALBERT LEA
AIRPORT...ALMA CITY...WASECA AIRPORT AND GREENLAND.
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 SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4351 9375 4428 9378 4428 9353 4420 9353
4419 9327 4350 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 249DEG 27KT 4411 9379 4382 9374 4351 9375
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
377
WWUS53 KMPX 142218
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC043-142228-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-160614T2230Z/
FARIBAULT MN-
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4350 9351 4409 9350 4417 9375 4428 9378
4428 9353 4420 9353 4419 9327 4350 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 264DEG 22KT 4413 9337 4389 9333 4354 9336
$$
MNC047-079-147-161-142230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-160614T2230Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-LE SUEUR MN-
518 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN STEELE...NORTHEASTERN WASECA...CENTRAL FREEBORN AND
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 518 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEERFIELD TO ELLENDALE TO NEAR TWIN LAKES...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERT LEA...WASECA...WATERVILLE...NEW RICHLAND...CLARKS GROVE...
ELLENDALE...ELYSIAN...GLENVILLE...EMMONS...HARTLAND...TWIN LAKES AND
LEMOND.
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 SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4350 9351 4409 9350 4417 9375 4428 9378
4428 9353 4420 9353 4419 9327 4350 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 264DEG 22KT 4413 9337 4389 9333 4354 9336
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF948
WWUS53 KMPX 142227
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
527 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC047-079-147-161-142237-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0058.000000T0000Z-160614T2230Z/
STEELE MN-WASECA MN-FREEBORN MN-LE SUEUR MN-
527 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN STEELE...NORTHEASTERN
WASECA...CENTRAL FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4350 9351 4409 9350 4417 9375 4428 9378
4428 9353 4420 9353 4419 9327 4350 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 249DEG 27KT 4413 9337 4389 9333 4354 9336
$$
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, 3:21 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, 4:42 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.