Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2012, 6:38 PM CDT for Jackson County, Murray County, Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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 27, 2012, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 27, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Bigelow, MN | NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163
WUUS53 KFSD 272338
SVRFSD
MNC063-101-105-280015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0128.120527T2338Z-120528T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
638 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
EASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ROUND LAKE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WORTHINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WORTHINGTON AROUND 645 PM CDT...
BREWSTER AROUND 655 PM CDT...
FULDA AROUND 715 PM CDT...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KINBRAE
AND DUNDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9544 4350 9570 4392 9570 4391 9546
4385 9546 4384 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 182DEG 28KT 4358 9557
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BT2 follow-up statements
108
WWUS53 KFSD 272357
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
MNC063-101-105-280015-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120528T0015Z/
JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
657 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
NOBLES...SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715
PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BREWSTER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WORTHINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FULDA AROUND 715 PM CDT...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE KINBRAE
AND DUNDEE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9544 4350 9570 4392 9570 4391 9546
4385 9546 4384 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 178DEG 29KT 4372 9548
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BT874
WWUS53 KFSD 280013
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
713 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
MNC063-101-105-280023-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-120528T0015Z/
JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
713 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN NOBLES...SOUTHEASTERN
MURRAY AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4350 9544 4350 9570 4392 9570 4391 9546
4385 9546 4384 9540
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 178DEG 29KT 4385 9549
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 24 hr |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 40 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.