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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2016Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2016, 7:59 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 8:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Se Lonsdale, MN	NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

114 
WUUS53 KMPX 230059
SVRMPX
MNC079-131-230145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0095.160623T0059Z-160623T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MONTGOMERY... OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ST HENRY...KILKENNY AND HEIDELBERG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4438 9381 4452 9365 4443 9332 4421 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 300DEG 30KT 4442 9365 

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

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

401 
WWUS53 KMPX 230112
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-131-230145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160623T0145Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
812 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND EAST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES...

AT 812 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR
13 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND EAST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: KILKENNY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4434 9370 4444 9359 4438 9336 4421 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 302DEG 29KT 4436 9354 

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

BORGHOFF

588 
WWUS53 KMPX 230128
SVSMPX

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

MNC079-131-230136-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-160623T0145Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
828 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND EAST
CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4434 9370 4444 9359 4438 9336 4421 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 300DEG 30KT 4430 9339 

$$

BORGHOFF

The 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, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice	56 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	23 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

Nearby

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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.