Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
- May 24, 2016, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
852
WUUS53 KMPX 242138
SVRMPX
MNC129-242230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0007.160524T2138Z-160524T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
438 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 437 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE LILLIAN...
OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HECTOR AND BIRD ISLAND.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 90.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4483 9503 4489 9496 4489 9464 4470 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 298DEG 13KT 4487 9491
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAH2 follow-up statements
662
WWUS53 KMPX 242150
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC129-242230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160524T2230Z/
RENVILLE MN-
450 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...
AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THORPE...OR 20
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HECTOR AND BIRD ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4482 9500 4489 9493 4489 9464 4470 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 291DEG 14KT 4486 9485
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RAH071
WWUS53 KMPX 242220
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
MNC129-242229-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160524T2230Z/
RENVILLE MN-
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE 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 HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4482 9500 4489 9493 4489 9464 4470 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 298DEG 13KT 4481 9471
$$
RAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 64 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 23 min |
| May 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 47 min |
| May 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.