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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2016Renville County, Minnesota

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

RAH
2 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
 
$$

RAH
071 
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 

$$

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright64 min
May 24, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi23 min
May 24, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi26 min
May 24, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi58 min
May 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns32 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod27 min
May 24, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns36 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod34 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison25 min
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley50 min
May 24, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison42 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley32 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.