Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 11:43 AM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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
- May 26, 2012, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dodge County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:48 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 S Claremont, MN | |
| May 26, 11:55 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Dodge Center, MN | ALSO WIND GUSTS BLOWING DOWN SMALL BRANCHES |
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
233
WUUS53 KARX 261643
SVRARX
MNC039-261715-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0043.120526T1643Z-120526T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1143 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF DODGE CENTER...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EDEN AROUND 1150 AM...
DODGE CENTER AROUND 1155 AM...
MANTORVILLE AND KASSON AROUND NOON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4409 9305 4413 9268 4389 9268 4390 9305
4407 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 265DEG 29KT 4400 9297
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
911 WWUS53 KARX 261650 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 MNC039-261715- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120526T1715Z/ DODGE MN- 1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF CLAREMONT WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. AT 1145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROADS 5 AND 6...OR NEAR DODGE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DODGE CENTER AROUND 1155 AM... MANTORVILLE AND KASSON AROUND NOON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4410 9300 4413 9268 4389 9268 4390 9301 TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 265DEG 29KT 4400 9288 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 04
179 WWUS53 KARX 261702 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1202 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 MNC039-261715- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120526T1715Z/ DODGE MN- 1202 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 9...OR NEAR DODGE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 15 AROUND 1210 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4390 9291 4411 9291 4413 9268 4389 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 273DEG 28KT 4396 9276 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 04
896 WWUS53 KARX 261715 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1215 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 MNC039-261725- /O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120526T1715Z/ DODGE MN- 1215 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4390 9291 4411 9291 4413 9268 4389 9268 TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 273DEG 28KT 4396 9276 $$ 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Houston, Winona | 117 min |
| May 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.