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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2016Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2016, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

164 
WUUS53 KMPX 200036
SVRMPX
MNC145-200115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0085.160620T0036Z-160620T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR FREEPORT TO BROOTEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: LAKE
  HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...ST WENDEL...GREENWALD...ELROSA...FARMING...NEW
  MUNICH...MEIRE GROVE...OPOLE AND PADUA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 133 AND 159.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 161.

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 4574 9427 4572 9422 4571 9423 4568 9419
      4564 9421 4541 9468 4542 9513 4551 9513
      4554 9511 4576 9474 4576 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 268DEG 29KT 4568 9465 4548 9513 

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

JPC

2 follow-up statements

179 
WWUS53 KMPX 200058
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-200115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160620T0115Z/
STEARNS MN-
758 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 758 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST. STEPHEN TO LAKE HENRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLLEGEVILLE...ALBANY...AVON...HOLDINGFORD...FARMING...LAKE HENRY...ROSCOE...
SPRING HILL...GEORGEVILLE...ST WENDEL...OPOLE AND ST. STEPHEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4574 9427 4572 9422 4571 9423 4568 9419
      4564 9421 4541 9468 4542 9502 4575 9452
      4576 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 269DEG 32KT 4566 9428 4546 9476 

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

JRB

337 
WWUS53 KMPX 200112
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-200122-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-160620T0115Z/
STEARNS MN-
812 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4574 9427 4572 9422 4571 9423 4568 9419
      4564 9421 4541 9468 4542 9502 4575 9452
      4576 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 268DEG 29KT 4566 9428 4546 9476 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	41 min
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	41 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Swift	36 min
Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stearns	25 min
Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stearns	35 min
Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	27 min
Jun 19, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	37 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	45 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	33 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Meeker	66 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	29 min
Jun 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	34 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	42 min
Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	37 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	24 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	31 min
Jun 19, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Renville	39 min
Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	42 min
Jun 19, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	19 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	44 min
Jun 19, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	32 min
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca	42 min
Jun 20, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.