Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT for Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Buffalo Lake, MN | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hector, MN | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.
841
WUUS53 KMPX 172114
SVRMPX
MNC129-143-172200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.160617T2114Z-160617T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BUFFALO
LAKE... OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN HECTORE AT 412 PM.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAIRFAX AROUND 440 PM CDT.
GIBBON AROUND 445 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4479 9476 4481 9459 4451 9449 4450 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 346DEG 23KT 4473 9466
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
TDK2 follow-up statements
281
WWUS53 KMPX 172140
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC129-143-172200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160617T2200Z/
SIBLEY MN-RENVILLE MN-
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SIBLEY AND EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES...
AT 440 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
BUFFALO LAKE...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAIRFAX AROUND 455 PM CDT.
GIBBON AROUND 500 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4468 9475 4470 9457 4451 9449 4450 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 347DEG 19KT 4463 9463
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
TDK627
WWUS53 KMPX 172200
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC129-143-172210-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-160617T2200Z/
SIBLEY MN-RENVILLE MN-
500 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SIBLEY AND
EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. SOME
AREAS MAY PICK UP A QUICK TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4468 9475 4470 9457 4451 9449 4450 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 346DEG 23KT 4463 9463
$$
TDKThe 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, 2:22 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, 4:30 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.