Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
821
WUUS53 KMPX 200012
SVRMPX
MNC003-019-053-139-171-200045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.120320T0012Z-120320T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 708 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CHASKA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...
MINNEAPOLIS...
CHASKA...
CARVER...
SHAKOPEE...
MARYSTOWN...
COLOGNE...
PRIOR LAKE...
SAVAGE...
WACONIA...
EDEN PRAIRIE...
CHANHASSEN...
VICTORIA...
ST BONIFACIUS...
SHOREWOOD...
COON RAPIDS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 9357 4525 9352 4527 9351 4528 9350
4523 9317 4512 9321 4512 9323 4508 9323
4466 9339 4473 9387 4530 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 186DEG 45KT 4483 9363
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
976
WWUS53 KMPX 200038
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
MNC019-139-200054-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T0045Z/
CARVER MN-SCOTT MN-
738 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SCOTT AND
EASTERN CARVER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4529 9357 4525 9352 4528 9350 4523 9317
4513 9321 4512 9323 4491 9329 4507 9379
4530 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 186DEG 45KT 4519 9358
$$
MNC003-053-171-200045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T0045Z/
ANOKA MN-HENNEPIN MN-WRIGHT MN-
738 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
WRIGHT...NORTHERN HENNEPIN AND SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROGERS...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST MICHAEL...ANOKA...ALBERTVILLE...OTSEGO AND RAMSEY.
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 4529 9357 4525 9352 4528 9350 4523 9317
4513 9321 4512 9323 4491 9329 4507 9379
4530 9373
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 186DEG 45KT 4519 9358
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 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.