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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2012Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 6:59 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 14, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Bombay, MN	MULTIPLE REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES SNAPPED OFF...BARNS AND LIVESTOCK DAMAGED AND INJURED AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM KENYON TO WANAMINGO AND ZUMBROTA.
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	6 Sw Wanamingo, MN
Jun 14, 7:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Wanamingo, MN	NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWNED IN ALONG COUNTY HIGHWAY 1... ALONG WITH A HAY WAGON BLOWN INTO THE ROAD.

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

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 14, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

045 
WUUS53 KMPX 142359
SVRMPX
MNC049-150045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0157.120614T2359Z-120615T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KENYON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
  FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  KENYON...
  BOMBAY...
  WANAMINGO...
  HADER...
  PINE ISLAND...
  ZUMBROTA...
  GOODHUE...
  BELLECHESTER...

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 4435 9304 4444 9242 4437 9242 4436 9245
      4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256 4419 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 257DEG 24KT 4425 9295
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JRB

5 follow-up statements

168 
WWUS53 KMPX 150009
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC049-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GOODHUE MN-
709 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOMBAY...OR 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WANAMINGO...HADER...PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...GOODHUE AND
  BELLECHESTER.

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 4420 9298 4436 9299 4444 9242 4437 9242
      4436 9245 4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 257DEG 24KT 4424 9285
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

JRB

463 
WWUS53 KMPX 150018
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
718 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC049-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GOODHUE MN-
718 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WANAMINGO...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 712 PM CDT LARGE HAIL OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED 6 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WANAMINGO WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...SEVERAL LARGE 
TREES WERE DOWN NEAR COUNTY RD 1 AND 480TH ST.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WANAMINGO...HADER...PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...GOODHUE AND
  BELLECHESTER.

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 4420 9292 4438 9288 4444 9242 4437 9242
      4436 9245 4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 257DEG 24KT 4423 9279
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

JRB

646 
WWUS53 KMPX 150028
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
728 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC049-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GOODHUE MN-
728 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE ISLAND...
OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 720 PM CDT WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED 
SOUTH OF WANAMINGO WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...GOODHUE AND BELLECHESTER.

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 4420 9292 4438 9288 4444 9242 4437 9242
      4436 9245 4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 257DEG 24KT 4423 9267
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

JRB

591 
WWUS53 KMPX 150037
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
737 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC049-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GOODHUE MN-
737 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
GOODHUE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINE ISLAND...
OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLECHESTER.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
SOUTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9272 4438 9268 4444 9242 4437 9242
      4436 9245 4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 269DEG 27KT 4423 9256
WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.25IN

$$

JRB

167 
WWUS53 KMPX 150049
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

MNC049-150104-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0157.000000T0000Z-120615T0045Z/
GOODHUE MN-
749 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
HOURS. 

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4420 9272 4438 9268 4444 9242 4437 9242
      4436 9245 4435 9254 4420 9254 4419 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 269DEG 27KT 4422 9255

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	44 min
Jun 14, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	39 min
Jun 14, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	67 min
Jun 14, 5:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	63 min
Jun 14, 7:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	48 min
Jun 14, 8:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod, Wright	51 min
Jun 14, 8:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Ramsey and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod and 5 more	49 min
Jun 14, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley	27 min
Jun 14, 9:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington	3 hr
Jun 14, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	38 min
Jun 14, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Ramsey, Rice and 2 more	68 min
Jun 14, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	45 min
Jun 14, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington	49 min
Jun 14, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley	46 min
Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice	45 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	47 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	46 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley	46 min
Jun 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	45 min
Jun 14, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	52 min
Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	38 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	36 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	46 min
Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	38 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	3 hr
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	4 hr
Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	32 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.