Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 2:09 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2016, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 2:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
405
WUUS53 KMPX 171909
SVRMPX
MNC145-172000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0065.160617T1909Z-160617T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
209 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 209 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLD SPRING...
OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
WATKINS AROUND 230 PM CDT.
KIMBALL AROUND 240 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST
NICHOLAS AND FAIRHAVEN.
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 4550 9441 4532 9412 4530 9416 4532 9419
4531 9425 4528 9427 4528 9438 4532 9439
4533 9449 4544 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 326DEG 19KT 4543 9444
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
821
WWUS53 KMPX 171932
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
232 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC145-172000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
STEARNS MN-
232 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY...
AT 231 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KIMBALL...OR 18
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KIMBALL AROUND 240 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST
NICHOLAS AND FAIRHAVEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4532 9412 4530 9416 4532 9419 4531 9425
4528 9427 4528 9438 4532 9439 4533 9449
4547 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 326DEG 19KT 4533 9434
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB461
WWUS53 KMPX 171935
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
235 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC145-171944-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160617T2000Z/
STEARNS MN-
235 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4532 9412 4530 9416 4532 9419 4531 9425
4528 9427 4528 9438 4532 9439 4533 9449
4547 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 326DEG 19KT 4531 9432
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 68 min |
| Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 69 min |
| Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.