Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:50 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elgin, MN | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN TOWN |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 Ssw Elgin, MN | |
| Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Plainview, MN | BRANCHES DOWN IN TOWN AND BETWEEN ELGIN AND PLAINVIEW |
| Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Plainview, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KARX 150050
SVRARX
MNC109-157-169-150115-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0053.120615T0050Z-120615T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
750 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
WESTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLAINVIEW
TO ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PLAINVIEW AROUND 755 PM...
EYOTA AROUND 800 PM...
DOVER AROUND 805 PM...
ST. CHARLES AND ALTURA AROUND 810 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4423 9227 4424 9189 4421 9188 4416 9180
4408 9183 4384 9194 4384 9211 4401 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 289DEG 41KT 4427 9219 4395 9238
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
JW2 follow-up statements
002
WWUS53 KARX 150107
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
807 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC109-157-169-150115-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120615T0115Z/
OLMSTED MN-WABASHA MN-WINONA MN-
807 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
WINONA...SOUTHEASTERN WABASHA AND OLMSTED COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM
CDT...
AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLAINVIEW TO
EYOTA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE PENNY SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ALTURA AROUND 815 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4423 9227 4424 9190 4421 9188 4416 9181
4408 9183 4384 9194 4384 9212 4401 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 289DEG 41KT 4421 9206 4392 9222
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
JW581
WWUS53 KARX 150117
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
817 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
MNC109-157-169-150127-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120615T0115Z/
OLMSTED MN-WABASHA MN-WINONA MN-
817 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WINONA...SOUTHEASTERN
WABASHA AND OLMSTED COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...THE LINE OF STORMS REMAINS STRONG AND COULD
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4423 9227 4424 9190 4421 9188 4416 9181
4408 9183 4384 9194 4384 9212 4401 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 289DEG 41KT 4421 9206 4392 9222
$$
JWThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 3 hr |
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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.