Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2025, 1:04 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 16, 2025, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
431 WUUS53 KMPX 161804 SVRMPX MNC019-053-139-161830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0049.250616T1804Z-250616T1830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO 104 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East Central Carver County in east central Minnesota... West Hennepin, Central Hennepin, and South Hennepin County in east central Minnesota... North Central Scott County in east central Minnesota... * Until 130 PM CDT. * At 104 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Excelsior, or 17 miles west of Minneapolis, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Bloomington, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, Shakopee, Chaska, Chanhassen, Prior Lake, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Mound, Orono, Victoria, Minnetrista, Wayzata, Independence, Excelsior and Shorewood. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4491 9372 4498 9366 4498 9334 4476 9342 PARTITION...427053 527053 827053 TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 285DEG 16KT 4491 9361 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Rodriguez
2 follow-up statements
954
WWUS53 KMPX 161817
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
117 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
MNC019-139-161827-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250616T1830Z/
Carver MN-Scott MN-
117 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CARVER
AND NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9361 4498 9358 4498 9334 4481 9340
4486 9352 4489 9352 4489 9359
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 285DEG 16KT 4491 9360
$$
MNC053-161830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250616T1830Z/
Hennepin MN-
117 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR WEST HENNEPIN, CENTRAL HENNEPIN, AND SOUTH HENNEPIN COUNTY...
At 117 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located around 5 miles
north of Chanhassen, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Bloomington, Plymouth, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis
Park, Chanhassen, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Orono, Wayzata,
Excelsior, Shorewood, Deephaven, Long Lake, Greenwood and Woodland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9361 4498 9358 4498 9334 4481 9340
4486 9352 4489 9352 4489 9359
PARTITION...427053 527053 827053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 285DEG 16KT 4491 9360
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
Rodriguez955
WWUS53 KMPX 161827
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
127 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
MNC053-161837-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250616T1830Z/
Hennepin MN-
127 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT FOR WEST
HENNEPIN, CENTRAL HENNEPIN, AND SOUTH HENNEPIN COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy
rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4490 9361 4498 9358 4498 9334 4481 9340
4486 9352 4489 9352 4489 9359
PARTITION...427053 527053 827053
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 285DEG 16KT 4489 9352
$$
RodriguezThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 6 days |
| Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 7 days |
| Jun 16, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 7:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 11:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 13 min |
| Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 22 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 17 min |
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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.