Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 19, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Starbuck, MN | . |
| Jun 19, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Starbuck, MN | . |
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 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
198
WUUS53 KMPX 192330
SVRMPX
MNC121-200000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0082.160619T2330Z-160620T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARBUCK...OR
14 MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
STARBUCK AROUND 635 PM CDT.
GLENWOOD AROUND 645 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GLENWOOD
AIRPORT...VILLARD...SEDAN...LAKE MINNEWASKA...LAKE EMILY...LONG BEACH...
GROVE LAKE AND WESTPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4576 9516 4551 9515 4549 9575 4563 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 259DEG 42KT 4560 9562
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
213
WWUS53 KMPX 192350
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
650 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC121-200000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160620T0000Z/
POPE MN-
650 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY...
AT 650 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WESTPORT TO NEAR LAKE EMILY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GLENWOOD AROUND 700 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GLENWOOD AIRPORT...SEDAN...LAKE MINNEWASKA...LAKE EMILY...GROVE LAKE...
WESTPORT...VILLARD AND LONG BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4576 9516 4551 9515 4549 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 263DEG 36KT 4571 9519 4552 9557
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC686 WWUS53 KMPX 200001 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 701 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 MNC121-200010- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-160620T0000Z/ POPE MN- 701 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THE TWIN CITIES. LAT...LON 4576 9516 4551 9515 4549 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 259DEG 42KT 4571 9519 4552 9557 $$ JPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wadena | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 43 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.