Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 14, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 14, 4:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wnw Oak Center, MN | HAIL LASTED A COUPLE MINUTES THAN GOT SMALLER AS STORM HEADED TOWARD LAKE CITY |
| Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 6 Sw Lake City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287
WUUS53 KARX 142150
SVRARX
MNC157-142230-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0051.120614T2150Z-120614T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
450 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR MAZEPPA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE PING PONG
BALL SIZE HAIL.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OAK CENTER AROUND 455 PM...
HIGHWAY 63 AND COUNTY 2 AND GILBERT VALLEY AROUND 500 PM...
LAKE CITY AND COUNTY ROADS 33 AND 4 AROUND 505 PM...
MAPLE SPRINGS AROUND 510 PM...
DUMFRIES AROUND 515 PM...
WABASHA AROUND 520 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4441 9208
4441 9206 4437 9200 4424 9255 4436 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 249DEG 38KT 4436 9249
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN
$$
JW2 follow-up statements
350
WWUS53 KARX 142203
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
503 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC157-142230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120614T2230Z/
WABASHA MN-
503 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
WABASHA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
SPOTTERS REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL NEAR BELLECHESTER AT 449 PM.
AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 63 AND COUNTY 2...OR 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM CAN
PRODUCE PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAPLE SPRINGS AROUND 510 PM...
DUMFRIES AROUND 515 PM...
WABASHA AROUND 520 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSE A SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO BOATERS. IF ON AREA
RIVERS OR LAKES...IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO SHORE AND FIND SHELTER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4441 9208
4441 9206 4437 9200 4426 9246 4436 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 249DEG 38KT 4440 9232
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN
$$
JW087
WWUS53 KARX 142224
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
524 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC157-142232-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-120614T2230Z/
WABASHA MN-
524 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9244 4445 9244 4446 9243
4446 9224 4444 9221 4443 9213 4441 9208
4441 9206 4437 9200 4426 9246 4436 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 249DEG 38KT 4448 9204
$$
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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.