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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2012Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2012, 1:27 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 18, 2012, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 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 18, 1:30 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	4 E Nerstrand, MN	MINOR LEAF DAMAGE

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

309 
WUUS53 KMPX 180627
SVRMPX
MNC049-131-180700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0185.120618T0627Z-120618T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
127 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 125 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING
  WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NERSTRAND...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  STANTON...
  NERSTRAND...
  DENNISON...
  KENYON...
  WASTEDO...
  BOMBAY...
  HADER...
  WANAMINGO...
  ZUMBROTA...
  GOODHUE...
  PINE ISLAND...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4428 9325 4447 9311 4447 9304 4449 9303
      4452 9253 4419 9254 4419 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 288DEG 36KT 4438 9310
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

JRB

1 follow-up statement

430 
WWUS53 KMPX 180641
SVSMPX

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

MNC131-180655-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-120618T0700Z/
RICE MN-
141 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4425 9304 4447 9304 4449 9303 4452 9253
      4419 9254 4419 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 288DEG 36KT 4434 9293

$$

MNC049-180700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-120618T0700Z/
GOODHUE MN-
141 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GOODHUE COUNTY
UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOMBAY...OR 17 MILES
EAST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL NEAR DUNDAS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASTEDO...BOMBAY...HADER...WANAMINGO...ZUMBROTA...GOODHUE AND PINE
  ISLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH CAN UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES. SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9304 4447 9304 4449 9303 4452 9253
      4419 9254 4419 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 288DEG 36KT 4434 9293
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

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 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, 1:30 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.