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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2016Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 11:13 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2016, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 11:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.885 W Long Prairie, MN.
Jun 17, 12:06 PM CDTHAIL 19 E Miltona, MNMOSTLY DIME SIZED AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WUUS53 KMPX 171613
SVRMPX
MNC153-171700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0061.160617T1613Z-160617T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1113 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1113 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE BEND...
  OR 28 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN TODD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: PHILBROOK
  AND CLOTHO.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 114.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 212.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4637 9474 4635 9470 4635 9468 4636 9467
      4634 9465 4597 9479 4597 9515 4613 9515
      4637 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 265DEG 24KT 4621 9497 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB
2 follow-up statements
259 
WWUS53 KMPX 171633
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1133 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC153-171700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160617T1700Z/
TODD MN-
1133 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...

AT 1132 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOTHO...OR 21
MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONG PRAIRIE...BROWERVILLE...CLARISSA...EAGLE BEND AND CLOTHO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4630 9483 4624 9469 4597 9479 4597 9515
      4610 9515 4634 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 300DEG 19KT 4606 9498 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB
043 
WWUS53 KMPX 171649
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1149 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC153-171700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160617T1700Z/
TODD MN-
1149 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...

AT 1149 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BROWERVILLE...
OR 22 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONG PRAIRIE...BROWERVILLE...CLARISSA AND CLOTHO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4619 9494 4616 9472 4597 9479 4597 9515
      4605 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 265DEG 24KT 4607 9482 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas56 min
Jun 17, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd48 min
Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd35 min
Jun 17, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope46 min
Jun 17, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd30 min
Jun 17, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd42 min
Jun 17, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns43 min
Jun 17, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns48 min
Jun 17, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns65 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd53 min
Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker40 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns26 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison, Todd48 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker68 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi52 min
Jun 17, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod23 min
Jun 17, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns, Todd55 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle35 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville43 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville31 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine28 min
Jun 17, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville35 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley46 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa69 min
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville37 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley37 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood35 min
Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan43 min
Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown63 min
Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan26 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet24 min

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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.