Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- Jun 17, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Traverse County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:52 PM CDT | TORNADO | 11 Ne Wheaton, MN | |
| Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Wnw Norcross, MN | A PERSISTENT FUNNEL WAS SEEN APPROACHING THE NORCROSS AREA FROM EASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT CROSSED INTO WESTERN GRANT COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 545 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580
WFUS53 KABR 172342
TORABR
MNC155-180015-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0010.120617T2342Z-120618T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
642 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 640 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WHEATON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHARLESVILLE AND TINTAH AROUND 655 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4594 9626 4593 9625 4586 9624 4582 9644
4595 9653 4603 9632 4602 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 239DEG 26KT 4588 9635
$$2 follow-up statements
947
WWUS53 KABR 172355
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
MNC155-180015-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120618T0015Z/
TRAVERSE MN-
655 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN TRAVERSE
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 654 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHARLESVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WHEATON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TINTAH AROUND 700 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4594 9626 4593 9625 4582 9644 4595 9653
4603 9632 4602 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 234DEG 29KT 4594 9629
$$
HINTZ536
WWUS53 KABR 180010
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
MNC155-180020-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120618T0015Z/
TRAVERSE MN-
710 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT/615 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4594 9626 4593 9625 4582 9644 4595 9653
4603 9632 4602 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 234DEG 29KT 4601 9615
$$
HINTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 34 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.