Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2018, 8:11 AM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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 16, 2018, 8:11 AM CDT (13:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 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 16, 8:50 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Nw Carlos, MN | TIME ESTIMATED. PARK RANGER REPORTS HAIL UP TO NICKLE SIZE. THE DURATION OF THE HAIL EVENT WAS 3 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
356
WUUS53 KMPX 161311
SVRMPX
MNC041-161400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0070.180616T1311Z-180616T1400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
811 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Douglas County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 900 AM CDT.
* At 811 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hoffman, or
16 miles west of Alexandria, 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...
Evansville and Brandon around 825 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Miltona,
Holmes City, Garfield, Millerville, Melby and Leaf Valley.
This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 81 and
100.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4610 9514 4576 9557 4585 9576 4606 9577
4610 9576 4611 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 213DEG 31KT 4589 9570
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
508
WWUS53 KMPX 161327
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
827 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
MNC041-161400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-180616T1400Z/
Douglas MN-
827 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...
At 826 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Brandon, or 11
miles northwest of Alexandria, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Douglas County, including the following locations...
Miltona, Garfield, Millerville, Melby and Leaf Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
The Twin Cities.
&&
LAT...LON 4583 9548 4594 9576 4606 9577 4610 9576
4611 9514 4610 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 219DEG 28KT 4597 9558
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF482
WWUS53 KMPX 161405
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
905 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
MNC041-161415-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-180616T1400Z/
Douglas MN-
905 AM CDT SAT JUN 16 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire. However small hail is still possible with
this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4583 9548 4594 9576 4606 9577 4610 9576
4611 9514 4610 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 1405Z 213DEG 31KT 4624 9532
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Watonwan | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 6 days |
| Jun 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope and 4 more | 12 hr |
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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.