Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 9:39 PM CDT for Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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
- Jul 6, 2012, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279
WUUS53 KMPX 070239
SVRMPX
MNC093-171-070315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0219.120707T0239Z-120707T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
939 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 937 PM 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
ANNANDALE TO DASSEL TO DARWIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...
DARWIN...
ANNANDALE...
DASSEL...
MAPLE LAKE...
COKATO...
HOWARD LAKE...
WAVERLY...
MONTROSE...
HANOVER...
DELANO...
ST MICHAEL...
ALBERTVILLE...
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 4525 9357 4521 9360 4521 9365 4519 9366
4517 9364 4514 9371 4509 9373 4507 9377
4498 9377 4498 9406 4504 9451 4530 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 281DEG 31KT 4521 9412 4512 9424
4505 9444
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
846
WWUS53 KMPX 070306
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
MNC093-070321-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-120707T0315Z/
MEEKER MN-
1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4525 9357 4521 9360 4521 9365 4519 9366
4517 9364 4514 9371 4509 9373 4507 9377
4498 9377 4498 9406 4501 9426 4516 9426
4528 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 281DEG 31KT 4516 9380 4507 9392
4500 9412
$$
MNC171-070315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-120707T0315Z/
WRIGHT MN-
1006 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WRIGHT COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 1004 PM 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 BUFFALO TO WAVERLY TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINSTED...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERTVILLE...ST MICHAEL AND DELANO.
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 4525 9357 4521 9360 4521 9365 4519 9366
4517 9364 4514 9371 4509 9373 4507 9377
4498 9377 4498 9406 4501 9426 4516 9426
4528 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 281DEG 31KT 4516 9380 4507 9392
4500 9412
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
JRB772
WWUS53 KMPX 070317
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1017 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
MNC171-070332-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-120707T0315Z/
WRIGHT MN-
1017 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WRIGHT COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4525 9357 4521 9360 4521 9365 4519 9366
4517 9364 4514 9371 4509 9373 4507 9377
4498 9377 4498 9406 4501 9426 4516 9426
4528 9396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 281DEG 31KT 4515 9380 4506 9392
4499 9412
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.