Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT for Becker County, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 10 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 19, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Becker County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 19, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Audubon, MN | VERY STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE HAIL AND TORE A FEW SHINGLES OFF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE. |
| Jun 19, 3:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Detroit Lakes, MN | QUARTER HAIL WITH A FEW SLIGHTLY LARGER STONES. |
| Jun 19, 3:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Detroit Lakes, MN | GOLF BALL HAIL IN DETROIT LAKES VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Wnw Detroit Lakes, MN | 1.5 INCH HAIL MEASURED AT DETROIT LAKES AIPORT BY BROADCAST METEOROLOGIST. |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Detroit Lakes, MN | 1.5 INCH HAIL MEASURED AT DETROIT LAKES AIPORT BY DES MOINES TV METEOROLOGIST. |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 1 W Detroit Lakes, MN | REPORTED AT LONG LAKE |
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 W Detroit Lakes, MN | REPORTED AT LONG LAKE |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Rochert, MN | GOLF BALL HAIL FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES AT PICKERAL LAKE RELAYED VIA WDAY-TV. |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Rochert, MN | GOLF BALL HAIL FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES AT PICKERAL LAKE RELAYED VIA WDAY-TV. |
| Jun 19, 3:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rochert, MN | GOLF BALL HAIL IN ROCHERT VIA FACEBOOK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446
WUUS53 KFGF 192001
SVRFGF
MNC005-111-192100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0034.120619T2001Z-120619T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
301 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORMORANT...OR 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHOREHAM AND AUDUBON AROUND 310 PM CDT.
DETROIT LAKES...FRAZEE AND WESTBURY AROUND 315 PM CDT.
ROCHERT AND RICHWOOD AROUND 320 PM CDT.
HEIGHT OF LAND LAKE AROUND 325 PM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE TOAD LAKE...WOLF LAKE...PONSFORD...OSAGE AND TWO INLETS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
&&
LAT...LON 4684 9518 4661 9612 4670 9618 4680 9618
4713 9568 4714 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 244DEG 47KT 4673 9604
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOPKINS2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KFGF 192023
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
323 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC111-192032-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120619T2100Z/
OTTER TAIL MN-
323 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4684 9518 4672 9597 4685 9611 4713 9568
4714 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 240DEG 44KT 4687 9578
$$
MNC005-192100-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120619T2100Z/
BECKER MN-
323 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BECKER COUNTY
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 320 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HEIGHT OF LAND LAKE AROUND 330 PM CDT.
TOAD LAKE AROUND 335 PM CDT.
SNELLMAN AROUND 340 PM CDT.
PONSFORD AND MANY POINT LAKE AROUND 345 PM CDT.
THEREAFTER SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE OSAGE...BAD MEDICINE LAKE AND TWO INLETS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4684 9518 4672 9597 4685 9611 4713 9568
4714 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 240DEG 44KT 4687 9578
$$
HOPKINS233
WWUS53 KFGF 192038
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
338 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC005-192100-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120619T2100Z/
BECKER MN-
338 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BECKER
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 335 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN ROCHERT. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH
OF HEIGHT OF LAND LAKE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF DETROIT
LAKES...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SNELLMAN AND MANY POINT LAKE AROUND 345 PM CDT.
PONSFORD AND OSAGE AROUND 350 PM CDT.
BAD MEDICINE LAKE AROUND 355 PM CDT.
TWO INLETS AROUND 400 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4684 9518 4676 9570 4698 9590 4713 9568
4714 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 240DEG 44KT 4696 9557
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grant | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 60 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.