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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2016Rice County, Minnesota

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 36 Se Lonsdale, MN.
Jun 22, 8:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Se Lonsdale, MNNUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese Faribault, MNLARGE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 990 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 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
 
$$

BORGHOFF
276 
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 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Scott51 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur23 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice29 min
Jun 22, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice, Steele18 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota34 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.