Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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 22, 2016, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 22, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 6 Se Lonsdale, MN | . |
| Jun 22, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Lonsdale, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Faribault, MN | LARGE 2 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN. |
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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
694
WUUS53 KMPX 230049
SVRMPX
MNC131-230145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.160623T0049Z-160623T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 748 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LONSDALE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF NORTHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DUNDAS AROUND 805 PM CDT.
NORTHFIELD AROUND 810 PM CDT.
NERSTRAND AROUND 825 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FARIBAULT AIRPORT...RUSKIN AND BRIDGEWATER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 70.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES.
&&
LAT...LON 4436 9344 4448 9329 4448 9328 4447 9328
4447 9304 4423 9304 4420 9305 4420 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 300DEG 23KT 4444 9335
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
288
WWUS53 KMPX 230110
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
810 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
MNC131-230145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160623T0145Z/
RICE MN-
810 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY...
AT 810 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSKIN...OR
NEAR FARIBAULT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NERSTRAND AROUND 820 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FARIBAULT AIRPORT...RUSKIN AND BRIDGEWATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES.
MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM... A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4434 9340 4443 9333 4442 9304 4423 9304
4420 9305 4420 9314 4432 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 305DEG 27KT 4434 9318
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF276
WWUS53 KMPX 230135
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
MNC131-230145-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-160623T0145Z/
RICE MN-
835 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4434 9340 4443 9333 4442 9304 4423 9304
4420 9305 4420 9314 4432 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 300DEG 23KT 4434 9318
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 18 min |
| Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 34 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.