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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 20124 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 9:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 14, 2012, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 9:49 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 9:28 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Green Isle, MNDIME SIZED HAIL.
Jun 14, 9:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.5Belle Plaine, MN
Jun 14, 9:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.5Belle Plaine, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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°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.

422 
WUUS53 KMPX 141422
SVRMPX
MNC019-085-139-143-141515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0146.120614T1422Z-120614T1515Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT

* AT 917 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW AUBURN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF
  GAYLORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GAYLORD...
  NEW AUBURN...
  WINTHROP...
  ARLINGTON...
  GREEN ISLE...
  HAMBURG...
  BELLE PLAINE...

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 4475 9350 4454 9385 4453 9449 4475 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 276DEG 42KT 4465 9413
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
461 
WWUS53 KMPX 141449
SVSMPX

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

MNC019-085-139-143-141503-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0146.000000T0000Z-120614T1515Z/
CARVER MN-MCLEOD MN-SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-
949 AM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SIBLEY...SOUTHWESTERN
SCOTT...SOUTHEASTERN MCLEOD AND SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4475 9350 4454 9385 4453 9449 4475 9427
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 276DEG 42KT 4461 9371

$$

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, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright48 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, 9:41 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

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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.