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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Richmond, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED . |
| Jul 11, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Rockville, MN | BARNS DAMAGED, SHED DESTROYED, TREES DOWN, INCLUDING ONE ON HOUSE. DAMAGE IN THE AREA WAS LIKELY FROM A TORNADO. |
| Jul 11, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Rockville, MN | BARNS DAMAGED, SHED DESTROYED, TREES DOWN, INCLUDING ONE ON HOUSE. PROBABLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
355
WFUS53 KMPX 120016
TORMPX
MNC145-120045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0039.160712T0016Z-160712T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
716 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RICHMOND...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST.
CLOUD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
COLD SPRING AROUND 725 PM CDT.
ROCKVILLE AROUND 735 PM CDT.
AVON AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ROSCOE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND
154.
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 4534 9452 4546 9467 4563 9446 4548 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 232DEG 21KT 4545 9453
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$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, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.