Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2016, 7:09 PM CDT for Benton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2016, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Benton County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.9
- Supercell composite
- 26.2
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS53 KMPX 120009
TORMPX
MNC009-120045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0038.160712T0009Z-160712T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MAYHEW...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST.
CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FOLEY AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RONNEBY...PARENT...OAK PARK...GRANITE LEDGE...GILMAN...RUM RIVER AND
MAYHEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4570 9377 4569 9376 4558 9400 4568 9415
4583 9400 4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 224DEG 28KT 4565 9405
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
665
WWUS53 KMPX 120023
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC009-120045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160712T0045Z/
BENTON MN-
723 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
BENTON COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FOLEY...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN BENTON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: RONNEBY...
OAK PARK...GRANITE LEDGE...GILMAN AND RUM RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4570 9377 4569 9376 4561 9393 4568 9404
4583 9391 4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 236DEG 19KT 4567 9394
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$511
WWUS53 KMPX 120040
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
740 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC009-120049-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160712T0045Z/
BENTON MN-
740 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BENTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
BENTON COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF ST. CLOUD.
LAT...LON 4570 9377 4569 9376 4561 9393 4568 9404
4583 9391 4582 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 224DEG 28KT 4567 9394
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 11 min |
| Jul 11, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 47 min |
| Jul 12, 10:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 4 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.