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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2012Dakota County, Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2012, 11:58 PM CDT for Dakota County, Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dakota County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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.

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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

070 
WUUS53 KMPX 180458
SVRMPX
MNC037-079-131-180545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0182.120618T0458Z-120618T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1157 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LE CENTER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LE SUEUR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...
  LE CENTER...
  MONTGOMERY...
  KILKENNY...
  VESELI...
  WATERVILLE...
  LONSDALE...
  WEBSTER...
  MORRISTOWN...
  WARSAW...
  DUNDAS...
  NORTHFIELD...

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 4452 9304 4420 9323 4420 9361 4435 9384
      4453 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 288DEG 32KT 4437 9363
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JRB

2 follow-up statements

036 
WWUS53 KMPX 180517
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1217 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

MNC037-079-131-180545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120618T0545Z/
DAKOTA MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
1217 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE...EASTERN
LE SUEUR AND SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...

AT 1216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARSAW...OR 7 MILES
WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARIBAULT...WARSAW...DUNDAS...NORTHFIELD AND BRIDGEWATER.

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 4452 9304 4420 9323 4420 9361 4432 9370
      4444 9370 4453 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 288DEG 32KT 4431 9339
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JRB

244 
WWUS53 KMPX 180532
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1232 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

MNC037-079-131-180545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120618T0545Z/
DAKOTA MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
1232 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICE...
NORTHEASTERN LE SUEUR AND SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN RICE COUNTY.

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 4452 9304 4420 9323 4439 9370 4444 9370
      4453 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 288DEG 32KT 4427 9323
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JRB

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, 10:41 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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.