Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WUUS53 KMPX 180330 SVRMPX MNC067-093-129-180400- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0174.120618T0330Z-120618T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1030 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1025 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRINSBURG...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BLOMKEST... LAKE LILLIAN... THORPE... COSMOS... 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. 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 4500 9465 4484 9470 4483 9523 4498 9515 TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 277DEG 32KT 4489 9505 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
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 | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 65 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, 10:41 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 |
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.