Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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 29, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 29, 7:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Nnw Holland, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Wsw Ruthton, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 Sw Ruthton, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 Se Ruthton, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 1 S Ruthton, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Ruthton, MN | DIME SIZED HAIL IN RUTHTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
090 WUUS53 KFSD 292346 SVRFSD MNC081-117-300030- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0165.120629T2346Z-120630T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 646 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE BENTON...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLLAND AROUND 730 PM CDT... 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 4425 9608 4406 9607 4412 9643 4427 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 288DEG 10KT 4419 9628 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ HANKO
2 follow-up statements
831 WWUS53 KFSD 300006 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 706 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 MNC081-300016- /O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120630T0030Z/ LINCOLN MN- 706 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4411 9637 4420 9633 4420 9608 4406 9607 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 281DEG 8KT 4415 9628 $$ MNC117-300030- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120630T0030Z/ PIPESTONE MN- 706 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLLAND AND RUTHTON AROUND 730 PM CDT... 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 4411 9637 4420 9633 4420 9608 4406 9607 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 281DEG 8KT 4415 9628 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ HANKO
706
WWUS53 KFSD 300015
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
715 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
MNC117-300030-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120630T0030Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
715 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PIPESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 714 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 711 PM CDT PING PONG SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND WITH THIS STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLAND AND RUTHTON AROUND 725 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4406 9607 4410 9630 4420 9628 4420 9612
4419 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 282DEG 10KT 4414 9624
WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.50IN
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 35 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.