Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 2:20 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 19, 2012, 2:20 AM CDT (07:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 2661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077
WUUS53 KMPX 190720
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-190800-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0187.120619T0720Z-120619T0800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
220 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
WESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 219 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAYNARD
TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOOD LAKE TO VESTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
OLIVIA...
MINNESOTA FALLS...
ECHO...
SACRED HEART...
BELVIEW...
RENVILLE...
DANUBE...
NORTH REDWOOD...
BECHYN...
MORTON...
BIRD ISLAND...
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 4472 9552 4477 9553 4477 9550 4477 9548
4488 9548 4489 9488 4466 9484 4455 9487
4456 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 270DEG 34KT 4487 9547 4471 9542
4456 9545
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
880
WWUS53 KMPX 190740
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
240 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC173-190755-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-120619T0800Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
240 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4463 9532 4469 9530 4473 9529 4479 9530
4488 9530 4489 9488 4466 9484 4455 9487
4456 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 272DEG 40KT 4486 9516 4470 9512
4455 9515
$$
MNC127-129-190800-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0187.000000T0000Z-120619T0800Z/
REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-
240 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RENVILLE AND NORTH CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...
AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RENVILLE TO 5 MILES WEST OF BECHYN TO REDWOOD FALLS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLIVIA...DANUBE...NORTH REDWOOD...BECHYN AND BIRD ISLAND.
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 4463 9532 4469 9530 4473 9529 4479 9530
4488 9530 4489 9488 4466 9484 4455 9487
4456 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 272DEG 40KT 4486 9516 4470 9512
4455 9515
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 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Wright | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 9 days |
| Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Todd | 25 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 46 min |
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.