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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 267

June 17, 20166 counties in Iowa; 27 counties in Minnesota; 27 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 17, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 27 counties in Minnesota; 27 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2016, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 60 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Clay County, SD, Codington County, SD, Davison County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
2%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
20%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
30%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

37 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle35 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville43 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville31 min
Jun 17, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine28 min
Jun 17, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville35 min
Jun 17, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville, Sibley46 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine45 min
Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln49 min
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville37 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon47 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley37 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln37 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood35 min
Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Murray44 min
Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan43 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln3 hr
Jun 17, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Watonwan26 min
Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson31 min
Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet24 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson32 min
Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBrookings3 hr
Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings24 min
Jun 17, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake44 min
Jun 17, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLake3 hr
Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook27 min
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone, Rock41 min
Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake36 min
Jun 17, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook, Miner27 min
Jun 17, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner28 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 2 more42 min
Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha3 hr
Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux46 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson26 min
Jun 17, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDHutchinson, McCook3 hr
Jun 17, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton47 min
Jun 17, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux46 min
Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Woodbury52 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Osceola, Sioux89 min
Jun 17, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux92 min
Jun 17, 5:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKittson, Marshall61 min
Jun 17, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more4 hr
Jun 17, 7:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more28 min
Jun 17, 9:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard and 4 more34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2016Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2016

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.