Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 2:44 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2012, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 65.0 mph
Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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 19, 2:55 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 10 Se Redwood Falls, MN | NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR GILFILLAN |
| Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Morgan, MN | DIME SIZED HAIL |
| Jun 19, 3:03 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Fairfax, MN | DIME SIZED HAIL |
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 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
922 WUUS53 KMPX 190744 SVRMPX MNC015-103-127-129-143-190830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0188.120619T0744Z-120619T0830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 244 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 242 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM... CLEMENTS... MORTON... MORGAN... FRANKLIN... EVAN... FAIRFAX... ST GEORGE... GIBBON... KLOSSNER... LAFAYETTE... 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. 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 4463 9443 4432 9435 4429 9508 4455 9513 TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 259DEG 49KT 4448 9506 WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.75IN $$
2 follow-up statements
803
WWUS53 KMPX 190802
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
302 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC127-190817-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120619T0830Z/
REDWOOD MN-
302 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4444 9484 4458 9487 4463 9443 4432 9435
4430 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 267DEG 49KT 4448 9471
$$
MNC015-103-129-143-190830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120619T0830Z/
BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-
302 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SIBLEY...SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE...NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET AND NORTH
CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...
AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFAX...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST GEORGE...GIBBON...KLOSSNER AND LAFAYETTE.
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.
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 4444 9484 4458 9487 4463 9443 4432 9435
4430 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 267DEG 49KT 4448 9471
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$120
WWUS53 KMPX 190813
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
313 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC129-190827-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120619T0830Z/
RENVILLE MN-
313 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4446 9464 4446 9462 4457 9464 4460 9463
4463 9443 4432 9435 4430 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 267DEG 49KT 4449 9452
$$
MNC015-103-143-190830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0188.000000T0000Z-120619T0830Z/
BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN-SIBLEY MN-
313 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SIBLEY...NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET AND NORTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL
330 AM CDT...
AT 309 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 ST GEORGE...OR 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KLOSSNER AND LAFAYETTE.
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.
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 4446 9464 4446 9462 4457 9464 4460 9463
4463 9443 4432 9435 4430 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 267DEG 49KT 4449 9452
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$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, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 62 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 |
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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.