Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2012, 1:36 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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
- May 5, 2012, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
739
WUUS53 KMPX 051836
SVRMPX
MNC043-091-051900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0054.120505T1836Z-120505T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
136 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 132 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF FAIRMONT...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...
ELMORE...
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 4350 9449 4373 9450 4376 9399 4350 9397
4349 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 268DEG 27KT 4362 9430
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SPD1 follow-up statement
459
WWUS53 KMPX 051852
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
152 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
MNC043-091-051900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-120505T1900Z/
FARIBAULT MN-MARTIN MN-
152 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MARTIN AND SOUTHWESTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE EARTH...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE EARTH AND ELMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9435 4373 9434 4376 9399 4350 9397
4349 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 268DEG 27KT 4362 9413
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 51 min |
| May 5, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 66 min |
| May 5, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 43 min |
| May 5, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| May 5, 1:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn and 21 more | 15 hr |
| May 5, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Waseca | 64 min |
| May 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 40 min |
| May 5, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 52 min |
| May 5, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 52 min |
| May 5, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Sherburne | 62 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.