Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 12, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 12, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2010, 8:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese St Cloud, MN | ABOUT A DOZEN TREES DOWN IN AND NEAR TALAHI PARK IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF ST CLOUD. DOWNBURST DAMAGE. |
| Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Sartell, MN | |
| Aug 12, 8:16 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Foley, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 3684 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648 WFUS53 KMPX 130114 TORMPX MNC009-141-145-130200- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0096.100813T0114Z-100813T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 814 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 809 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR WAITE PARK...OR OVER WAITE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ST CLOUD... MAYHEW... PARENT... SANTIAGO... FOLEY... GILMAN... RONNEBY... DUELM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. && LAT...LON 4582 9394 4555 9377 4546 9418 4560 9436 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 232DEG 27KT 4559 9417 $$
1 follow-up statement
359 WWUS53 KMPX 130139 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 839 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 MNC009-141-145-130148- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-100813T0200Z/ STEARNS MN-SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN- 839 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE AND EAST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4582 9394 4555 9377 4546 9418 4560 9436 TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 232DEG 27KT 4570 9397 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Sibley and 1 more | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Ramsey | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Nicollet and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Washington | 70 min |
| Aug 13, 1:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, Steele and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Steele | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 18 min |
| Aug 13, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 17 min |
| Aug 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and 1 more | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sherburne, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sherburne, Wright | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota | 66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.