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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 2016Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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 25, 2016, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 25, 3:41 PM CDT	HAIL 2	1 W Swanville, MN	.
Jun 25, 3:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Little Falls, MN	TREE TOPPLED ACROSS ROAD.

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

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 25, 1:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

918 
WUUS53 KMPX 252022
SVRMPX
MNC097-153-252115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0097.160625T2022Z-160625T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG
  PRAIRIE... OR 18 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 BE NEAR...
  SWANVILLE AROUND 325 PM CDT. 
  FLENSBURG AROUND 335 PM CDT. 
  RANDALL AROUND 345 PM CDT. 
  CAMP RIPLEY AROUND 355 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CAMP
RIPLEY JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130
AND 145.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9440 4621 9440 4618 9437 4616 9438
      4616 9421 4603 9410 4587 9479 4600 9486
      4626 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 239DEG 32KT 4597 9474 

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

BORGHOFF

3 follow-up statements

327 
WWUS53 KMPX 252036
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
336 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNC097-153-252115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160625T2115Z/
TODD MN-MORRISON MN-
336 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CAMP RIPLEY TO NEAR SWANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
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. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RANDALL AROUND 400 PM CDT. 
  LITTLE FALLS AROUND 405 PM CDT. 
  CAMP RIPLEY AROUND 410 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CAMP
RIPLEY JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9440 4621 9440 4618 9437 4616 9438
      4616 9421 4603 9410 4588 9476 4605 9476
      4626 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 245DEG 31KT 4611 9442 4594 9471 

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

BORGHOFF

040 
WWUS53 KMPX 252046
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNC153-252056-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160625T2115Z/
TODD MN-
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9440 4621 9440 4618 9437 4616 9438
      4616 9421 4603 9410 4592 9463 4610 9465
      4626 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 245DEG 31KT 4614 9432 4598 9460 

$$

MNC097-252115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160625T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-
346 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...

AT 346 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT RIPLEY TO NEAR FLENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE FALLS AROUND 405 PM CDT. 
  CAMP RIPLEY AROUND 410 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CAMP
RIPLEY JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9440 4621 9440 4618 9437 4616 9438
      4616 9421 4603 9410 4592 9463 4610 9465
      4626 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 245DEG 31KT 4614 9432 4598 9460 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

735 
WWUS53 KMPX 252058
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNC097-252115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-160625T2115Z/
MORRISON MN-
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...

AT 358 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP
RIPLEY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CROW WING STATE PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CAMP RIPLEY JUNCTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9439 4621 9440 4618 9437 4616 9438
      4616 9421 4603 9410 4596 9443 4617 9449
      4626 9436
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 238DEG 34KT 4612 9431 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 2:59 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin and 11 more	15 hr
Jun 25, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	46 min
Jun 25, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	24 min
Jun 25, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	17 min
Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Stearns	38 min
Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	23 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	30 min
Jun 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	25 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.