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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 20124 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2012, 9:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min. 7 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 17, 2012, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 Nw Sacred Heart, MN
Jun 17, 9:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cosmos, MN	LARGE TREES TOPPLED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR SIGNATURE.
Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Sacred Heart, MN	FUNNEL HALF WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND.
Jun 17, 9:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Clara City, MN
Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 77	Cosmos, MN	POWER POLES LEANING.
Jun 17, 10:11 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 E Sacred Heart, MN
Jun 17, 10:11 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Sacred Heart, MN	TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 212.

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 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 1837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 492 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 747 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

713 
WUUS53 KMPX 180225
SVRMPX
MNC023-067-093-129-180330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0169.120618T0225Z-120618T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
925 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 920 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLUEK...OR
  ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF MONTEVIDEO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WILLMAR...
  OLIVIA...
  CLARA CITY...
  GLUEK...
  MAYNARD...
  MINNESOTA FALLS...
  SACRED HEART...
  RAYMOND...
  PRINSBURG...
  RENVILLE...
  PRIAM...
  DANUBE...
  SVEA...
  BLOMKEST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...WHICH CAN UPROOT
TREES...DOWN POWER LINES...AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AS THEY MAY BE OVERTURNED. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
EXPECTED...WHICH CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND WINDOWS. 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!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9570 4516 9539 4516 9525 4526 9525
      4492 9450 4481 9449 4452 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 279DEG 30KT 4503 9533
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.25IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift	39 min
Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	48 min
Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pope, Swift	26 min
Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift	39 min
Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift	67 min
Jun 17, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	47 min
Jun 17, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	24 min
Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	35 min
Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	42 min
Jun 17, 8:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine	45 min
Jun 17, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	49 min
Jun 17, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker	24 min
Jun 17, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright	35 min
Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	47 min
Jun 17, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	45 min
Jun 17, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright	40 min
Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker and 6 more	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, Sibley and 1 more	51 min
Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Renville	36 min
Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville	30 min
Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley	49 min
Jun 17, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi	40 min
Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville	33 min
Jun 17, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Scott	50 min
Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley	38 min
Jun 17, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, Washington	32 min
Jun 17, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	43 min
Jun 17, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	6 hr
Jun 17, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	25 min
Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	52 min
Jun 17, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice	47 min
Jun 18, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	40 min
Jun 18, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	50 min
Jun 18, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	49 min
Jun 18, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	45 min
Jun 18, 12:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	4 hr
Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Rice	40 min
Jun 18, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue, Rice	33 min
Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	30 min
Jun 18, 5:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	6 hr
Jun 18, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver	10 days
Jun 18, 11:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	18 hr
Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 24 more	56 hr

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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.