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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2016Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 7:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 N Madison, MN.
Jun 19, 7:30 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 S Bellingham, MNLATE REPORT. RELAYED VIA EMAIL.

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 19, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 514 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 404 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
514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-629 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

882 
WUUS53 KMPX 192342
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-151-200030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0084.160619T2342Z-160620T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NASSAU...OR 12
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILBANK...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  BELLINGHAM AROUND 655 PM CDT. 
  APPLETON AROUND 710 PM CDT. 
  MILAN AROUND 715 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NASSAU...
LOUISBURG...HOLLOWAY...BIG BEND CITY...CERRO GORDO...HAGEN AND APPLETON
AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 23.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 126.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 142.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4520 9645 4524 9629 4519 9617 4519 9612
      4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612 4526 9612
      4529 9601 4519 9570 4501 9570 4502 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 263DEG 37KT 4511 9643 

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

JPC
1 follow-up statement
474 
WWUS53 KMPX 200006
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
706 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC023-073-151-200030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160620T0030Z/
SWIFT MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
706 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT...CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE AND NORTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CERRO GORDO...OR
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILAN AROUND 715 PM CDT. 
  WATSON AROUND 725 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BIG BEND
CITY...CERRO GORDO...HOLLOWAY...HAGEN...LOUISBURG AND APPLETON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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 4519 9617 4519 9612 4518 9610 4524 9610
      4529 9601 4519 9570 4501 9570 4502 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 270DEG 43KT 4508 9608 

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

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWadena32 min
Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens26 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens48 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd23 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope30 min
Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd42 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd43 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.