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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2016Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 2:22 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 68 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, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 17, 2:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	6 Ne Grove City, MN	.
Jun 17, 3:11 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Darwin, MN	REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

051 
WUUS53 KMPX 171922
SVRMPX
MNC093-172030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0066.160617T1922Z-160617T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
222 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GROVE CITY...
  OR 20 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 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 BE NEAR...
  LITCHFIELD AROUND 235 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GREENLEAF...CEDAR MILLS...FOREST CITY...CORVUSO...DARWIN...STROUT AND
LITCHFIELD AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 114.
 
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 4508 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9475 4523 9476 4527 9477 4528 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 339DEG 21KT 4517 9463 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

4 follow-up statements

608 
WWUS53 KMPX 171939
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-172030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160617T2030Z/
MEEKER MN-
239 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 238 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STROUT...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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
MEEKER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GREENLEAF...CEDAR
MILLS...FOREST CITY...CORVUSO...DARWIN...STROUT AND LITCHFIELD AIRPORT.

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 4508 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9475 4521 9476 4528 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 339DEG 21KT 4508 9458 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

270 
WWUS53 KMPX 171956
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-172030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160617T2030Z/
MEEKER MN-
256 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STROUT...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITCHFIELD...DASSEL...GROVE CITY...COSMOS...GREENLEAF...FOREST CITY...
DARWIN...CEDAR MILLS...CORVUSO...STROUT AND LITCHFIELD AIRPORT.

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 4508 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9475 4517 9475 4524 9444
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 336DEG 18KT 4507 9454 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRB

268 
WWUS53 KMPX 172010
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-172030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160617T2030Z/
MEEKER MN-
310 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...

AT 310 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREENLEAF...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 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...
LITCHFIELD...DASSEL...COSMOS...GREENLEAF...DARWIN...CEDAR MILLS...CORVUSO...
STROUT AND LITCHFIELD AIRPORT.

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 4508 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9475 4511 9475 4518 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 339DEG 21KT 4499 9450 

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

JRB

960 
WWUS53 KMPX 172028
SVSMPX

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

MNC093-172038-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160617T2030Z/
MEEKER MN-
328 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 330 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4508 9426 4498 9426 4498 9450 4489 9450
      4489 9475 4511 9475 4518 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 339DEG 21KT 4499 9450 

$$

TDK

The 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, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	26 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison, Todd	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.