Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2012, 7:59 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309
WUUS53 KMPX 110059
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-171-110145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0135.120611T0059Z-120611T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EAST CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MAYER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MAYER...
NEW GERMANY...
NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
LESTER PRAIRIE...
HAMBURG...
PLATO...
WATERTOWN...
MONTROSE...
DELANO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4509 9394 4509 9374 4507 9377 4503 9376
4472 9391 4473 9416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 214DEG 39KT 4488 9385
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, Ramsey | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Steele | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.