Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2012, 10:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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 17, 2012, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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 17, 10:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hutchinson, MN | POWER OUTAGE IN SW PORTION OF CITY. |
| Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hector, MN | |
| Jun 17, 11:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Stewart, MN | REPORTED AT HWY 212 WEST OF STEWART. DISTANCE FROM STEWART ESTIMATED. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
288 WUUS53 KMPX 180341 SVRMPX MNC085-093-129-143-180430- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0175.120618T0341Z-120618T0430Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1041 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1039 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKESIDE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... HUTCHINSON... CORVUSO... HECTOR... CEDAR MILLS... BUFFALO LAKE... LAKESIDE... STEWART... BROWNTON... BISCAY... 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! && LAT...LON 4487 9410 4460 9428 4462 9481 4499 9466 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 290DEG 34KT 4484 9461 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 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, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 30 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.