Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 10:36 PM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Renville 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, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
529 WUUS53 KMPX 200336 SVRMPX MNC085-093-129-200415- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0086.160620T0336Z-160620T0415Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1036 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1036 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COSMOS...OR 13 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HUTCHINSON AROUND 1055 PM CDT. GLENCOE AROUND 1110 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CEDAR MILLS...BISCAY...HUTCHINSON AIRPORT AND CORVUSO. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 120. 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 4498 9475 4500 9426 4473 9413 4489 9476 TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 278DEG 41KT 4493 9465 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JPC
2 follow-up statements
697
WWUS53 KMPX 200354
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1054 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC093-129-200403-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160620T0415Z/
MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN-
1054 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MEEKER AND
NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN MEEKER AND NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4486 9450 4498 9450 4498 9425 4492 9421
4481 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 278DEG 41KT 4490 9438
$$
MNC085-200415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160620T0415Z/
MCLEOD MN-
1054 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY...
AT 1053 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HUTCHINSON...
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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SILVER LAKE AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BISCAY
AND HUTCHINSON AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 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.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9450 4498 9450 4498 9425 4492 9421
4481 9417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 278DEG 41KT 4490 9438
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC608
WWUS53 KMPX 200401
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC085-200415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160620T0415Z/
MCLEOD MN-
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY...
AT 1101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SILVER LAKE...
OR NEAR HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4485 9432 4498 9436 4498 9425 4492 9421
4485 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 274DEG 41KT 4491 9425
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPCThe 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, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 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, 10:48 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.