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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2016Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Buffalo Lake, MNTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Hector, MNTIME 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

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
 
$$

TDK
2 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
 
$$

TDK
627 
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 

$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas56 min
Jun 17, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd48 min
Jun 17, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd47 min
Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd35 min
Jun 17, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope46 min
Jun 17, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd30 min
Jun 17, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd42 min
Jun 17, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns43 min
Jun 17, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns48 min
Jun 17, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns65 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd53 min
Jun 17, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker40 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns26 min
Jun 17, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison, Todd48 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker68 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi52 min
Jun 17, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod23 min
Jun 17, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Stearns, Todd55 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle35 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville43 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville31 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine28 min
Jun 17, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville35 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa69 min
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville37 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley37 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood35 min
Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan43 min
Jun 17, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown63 min
Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan26 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet24 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.