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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2016Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 6:04 PM CDT for Brown County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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, 6:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSleepy Eye, MNFEW TREES TOPPLED.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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°0°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.

483 
WUUS53 KMPX 172304
SVRMPX
MNC015-165-172330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0079.160617T2304Z-160617T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
604 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLEEPY EYE...
  OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HANSKA AROUND 620 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LA SALLE
AND SEARLES.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 94.
 
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 4413 9493 4435 9471 4421 9437 4412 9437
      4402 9464 4414 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 296DEG 34KT 4425 9465 

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

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, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley46 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, 6:21 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.