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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 3, 20126 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2012, 9:52 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 3, 2012, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 3, 10:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRichmond, MNFEW TREES DOWN.
Aug 3, 10:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 N Kimball, MNFEW TREES DOWN.
Aug 3, 10:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 W Hutchinson, MNLARGE BRANCH DOWN PARTIALLY BLOCKING ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF KAY STREET AND LEA AVENUE.
Aug 3, 10:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Annandale, MNTREE DOWN ON HOYER AVENUE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
576 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

897 
WUUS53 KMPX 040252
SVRMPX
MNC085-093-129-141-145-171-040330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0249.120804T0252Z-120804T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
952 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 949 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AVON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  MANANNAH TO HECTOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD...
  HUTCHINSON...
  EDEN VALLEY...
  RICHMOND...
  COSMOS...
  HECTOR...
  GROVE CITY...
  MANANNAH...
  ROSCOE...
  PAYNESVILLE...
  COLD SPRING...
  CORVUSO...
  ST NICHOLAS...
  BUFFALO LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF BLOWING OVER SEVERAL LARGE TREES NEAR 
CLONTARF IN SWIFT COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4555 9371 4524 9390 4497 9397 4498 9402
      4486 9400 4474 9404 4472 9481 4489 9479
      4489 9476 4553 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 267DEG 44KT 4559 9443 4524 9457
          4476 9471
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$
SPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine46 min
Aug 3, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine53 min
Aug 3, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine55 min
Aug 3, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens49 min
Aug 3, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine59 min
Aug 3, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 2 more53 min
Aug 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 1 more58 min
Aug 3, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sherburne, Wright65 min
Aug 3, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott61 min
Aug 3, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin36 min
Aug 3, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright46 min
Aug 3, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright25 min
Aug 3, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca44 min
Aug 3, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and 2 more39 min
Aug 3, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti33 min
Aug 3, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott, Washington42 min
Aug 3, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington67 min
Aug 3, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington61 min
Aug 4, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown26 min
Aug 4, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin47 min
Aug 4, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin65 min
Aug 4, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault47 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.