Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2012, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dodge County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 286 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:14 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
714 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL CLAREMONT 44.04N 93.00W
07/13/2012 E0.25 INCH DODGE MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
ADAMSSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 7:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 733 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 MNZ079-086-087-140130- DODGE-OLMSTED-WABASHA- 733 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED IN DODGE...OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES... AT 728 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM OAK CENTER TO DODGE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. AT 730 PM...40 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT DODGE CENTER WITH THESE STORMS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROCHESTER AROUND 750 PM... PLAINVIEW...ELGIN AROUND 800 PM... HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OR A SHORT PERIOD OF STANDING WATER. STAY CLEAR OF DRAINAGE AREAS AND AVOID AREAS OF HIGH WATER IF THEY DEVELOP. THESE WIND GUSTS COULD BLOW AROUND OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OBJECTS. SMALL BRANCHES MAY ALSO FALL. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING. HALBACH
Local storm report, Jul 13, 7:45 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
745 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0737 PM HAIL KASSON 44.03N 92.75W
07/13/2012 E0.25 INCH DODGE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
ADAMSLocal storm report, Jul 13, 7:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
750 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0749 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NW ROCHESTER 44.05N 92.53W
07/13/2012 M50 MPH OLMSTED MN BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
ADAMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Dodge | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.