Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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
- Jul 13, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Rogers, MN | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Jul 13, 4:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Rogers, MN | |
| Jul 13, 4:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Medina, MN | |
| Jul 13, 5:23 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | St Louis Park, MN | NEAR METHODIST HOSPITAL AND EXCELSIOR BLVD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622 WUUS53 KMPX 132113 SVRMPX MNC003-053-171-132215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0223.120713T2113Z-120713T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 413 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 407 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANOVER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PLYMOUTH... HANOVER... ST MICHAEL... ROCKFORD... LORETTO... ROGERS... CORCORAN... MEDINA... HAMEL... DAYTON... MAPLE GROVE... CHAMPLIN... OSSEO... MEDICINE LAKE... 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 4516 9322 4493 9333 4509 9377 4524 9369 TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 288DEG 15KT 4514 9365 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
983
WWUS53 KMPX 132126
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
MNC171-132141-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0223.000000T0000Z-120713T2215Z/
WRIGHT MN-
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4520 9345 4519 9341 4516 9322 4493 9333
4508 9374 4522 9358 4522 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 290DEG 16KT 4512 9356
$$
MNC003-053-132215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0223.000000T0000Z-120713T2215Z/
ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HENNEPIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 421 PM 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 CORCORAN...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...HAMEL...DAYTON...MAPLE GROVE...CHAMPLIN...OSSEO...
MEDICINE LAKE...BROOKLYN PARK...NEW HOPE...COON RAPIDS...CRYSTAL...
BROOKLYN CENTER...GOLDEN VALLEY...ROBBINSDALE AND ST LOUIS PARK.
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 4520 9345 4519 9341 4516 9322 4493 9333
4508 9374 4522 9358 4522 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 290DEG 16KT 4512 9356
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$388
WWUS53 KMPX 132145
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
445 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
MNC003-053-132215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0223.000000T0000Z-120713T2215Z/
ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-
445 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
HENNEPIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAPLE GROVE...OR 6
MILES NORTH OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...CHAMPLIN...OSSEO...MEDICINE LAKE...BROOKLYN PARK...NEW
HOPE...COON RAPIDS...CRYSTAL...GOLDEN VALLEY...BROOKLYN CENTER...
ROBBINSDALE...ST LOUIS PARK AND SPRING LAKE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4511 9352 4521 9349 4520 9345 4519 9341
4516 9322 4493 9333 4506 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 290DEG 16KT 4512 9344
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Big Stone | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.