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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2016Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 2:33 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 Ne Grove City, MN.

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

221 
WUUS53 KMPX 171850
SVRMPX
MNC067-093-171930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0064.160617T1850Z-160617T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 149 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE KORONIS
  REGIONAL PARK...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 20 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ATWATER AROUND 215 PM CDT. 
  GROVE CITY AROUND 220 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HAWICK...
LAKE KORONIS REGIONAL PARK AND MANANNAH.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 90.
 
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 4540 9477 4533 9476 4533 9466 4523 9452
      4510 9480 4529 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 326DEG 19KT 4530 9475 

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

JRB
2 follow-up statements
109 
WWUS53 KMPX 171904
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
204 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC067-093-171930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160617T1930Z/
MEEKER MN-KANDIYOHI MN-
204 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

AT 204 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GROVE CITY...OR
18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GROVE CITY AROUND 220 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE
KORONIS REGIONAL PARK AND MANANNAH.

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 4533 9466 4523 9452 4510 9480 4526 9486
      4534 9476 4533 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 326DEG 19KT 4523 9469 

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

JRB
360 
WWUS53 KMPX 171921
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
221 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC067-171928-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160617T1930Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
221 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4523 9452 4512 9475 4524 9476 4532 9476
      4533 9474 4533 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 326DEG 19KT 4517 9463 

$$

MNC093-171930-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160617T1930Z/
MEEKER MN-
221 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 218 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GROVE CITY...OR
20 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LAKE
KORONIS REGIONAL PARK AND MANANNAH.

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 4523 9452 4512 9475 4524 9476 4532 9476
      4533 9474 4533 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 326DEG 19KT 4517 9463 

HAIL...2.00IN
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, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 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, 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.