Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 4:58 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2012, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 65.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WUUS53 KMPX 102158 SVRMPX MNC067-093-129-102245- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0125.120610T2158Z-120610T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 458 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLIVIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... OLIVIA... WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD... DANUBE... BIRD ISLAND... RENVILLE... BLOMKEST... LAKE LILLIAN... SVEA... THORPE... COSMOS... KANDIYOHI... ATWATER... SPICER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4528 9498 4518 9447 4462 9479 4477 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 209DEG 39KT 4481 9500 WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
381 WWUS53 KMPX 102226 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 526 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 MNC067-093-129-102245- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-120610T2245Z/ KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN- 526 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RENVILLE...SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ATWATER...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LITCHFIELD...ATWATER...SPICER...GROVE CITY AND STROUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 4487 9493 4528 9498 4518 9447 4462 9479 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 209DEG 39KT 4508 9479 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN $$
881 WWUS53 KMPX 102239 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 539 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 MNC067-093-129-102254- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-120610T2245Z/ KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-RENVILLE MN- 539 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RENVILLE... SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4487 9493 4528 9498 4518 9447 4462 9479 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 209DEG 39KT 4520 9469 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 48 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.