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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2012Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 7:12 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 14, 2012, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 475 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
475 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

668 
WUUS53 KMPX 141212
SVRMPX
MNC093-145-171-141300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0144.120614T1212Z-120614T1300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 707 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST NICHOLAS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ST CLOUD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ST NICHOLAS...
  WATKINS...
  COLD SPRING...
  EDEN VALLEY...
  KIMBALL...
  FAIRHAVEN...
  SOUTH HAVEN...
  ANNANDALE...
  HASTY...
  ENFIELD...

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 4537 9392 4520 9404 4521 9439 4535 9466
      4548 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 291DEG 25KT 4538 9436
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
501 
WWUS53 KMPX 141243
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC093-145-171-141300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-120614T1300Z/
MEEKER MN-STEARNS MN-WRIGHT MN-
743 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WRIGHT...SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTIES UNTIL
800 AM CDT...

AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRHAVEN...OR 15 MILES
SOUTH OF ST CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAIRHAVEN...SOUTH HAVEN...ANNANDALE...HASTY AND ENFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

LAT...LON 4531 9457 4535 9432 4544 9422 4537 9392
      4520 9404 4521 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 287DEG 23KT 4533 9422
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas44 min
Jun 14, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti39 min
Jun 14, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd67 min
Jun 14, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns63 min
Jun 14, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Wright51 min
Jun 14, 8:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Ramsey and 3 more3 hr
Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod and 5 more49 min
Jun 14, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley27 min
Jun 14, 9:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington3 hr
Jun 14, 10:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott38 min
Jun 14, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Ramsey, Rice and 2 more68 min
Jun 14, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley45 min
Jun 14, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington49 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley46 min
Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Le Sueur, Rice45 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago47 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice46 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley46 min
Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue45 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur52 min
Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXNicollet38 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue36 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue46 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur38 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott3 hr
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice4 hr
Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue32 min
Jun 14, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue46 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.