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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2016Carver County, Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT for Carver County, Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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 22, 2016, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:18 PM CDTHAIL 11 W New Prague, MN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2016-06-22Temperature 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 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

218 
WUUS53 KMPX 222341
SVRMPX
MNC019-139-143-230030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.160622T2341Z-160623T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMBURG...OR
  28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
  BELLE PLAINE AROUND 655 PM CDT. 
  JORDAN AROUND 705 PM CDT. 
  NEW PRAGUE AROUND 715 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MN
VALLEY STATE REC AREA...ST BENEDICT AND HELENA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 100.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4465 9401 4475 9391 4466 9347 4454 9360
      4455 9378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 294DEG 24KT 4467 9389 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
348 
WWUS53 KMPX 222354
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
654 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC019-139-143-230030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160623T0030Z/
CARVER MN-SIBLEY MN-SCOTT MN-
654 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER...EAST CENTRAL SIBLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES...

AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELLE
PLAINE... OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
  NEW PRAGUE AROUND 705 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MN
VALLEY STATE REC AREA...ST BENEDICT AND HELENA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4463 9390 4471 9377 4470 9367 4466 9347
      4454 9360 4455 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 291DEG 32KT 4462 9372 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
323 
WWUS53 KMPX 230015
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
715 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC019-143-230024-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160623T0030Z/
CARVER MN-SIBLEY MN-
715 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER AND EAST
CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4457 9377 4464 9363 4463 9351 4454 9360
      4455 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 295DEG 21KT 4457 9357 

$$

MNC139-230030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160623T0030Z/
SCOTT MN-
715 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...

AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HELENA...OR 21
MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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 SOUTH
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ST BENEDICT
AND HELENA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT
A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

LAT...LON 4457 9377 4464 9363 4463 9351 4454 9360
      4455 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 295DEG 21KT 4457 9357 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin53 min
Jun 22, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFaribault, Martin5 hr
Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod40 min
Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Sibley41 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright48 min
Jun 22, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne31 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.