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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 11 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, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 9:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Sherburne County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.
256
WFUS53 KMPX 120200
TORMPX
MNC141-120230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0042.160712T0200Z-160712T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
900 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 900 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELK RIVER...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BUFFALO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
ZIMMERMAN AROUND 905 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND 209.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 169.
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 4548 9352 4534 9351 4530 9368 4531 9368
4539 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 236DEG 27KT 4535 9360
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
457
WWUS53 KMPX 120211
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
911 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC141-120221-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160712T0230Z/
SHERBURNE MN-
911 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4548 9352 4534 9351 4530 9368 4531 9368
4539 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 236DEG 27KT 4540 9350
$$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, 7:16 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, 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.