Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2012, 5:17 PM CDT for McLeod County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
- May 19, 2012, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nnw Brownton, MN |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WUUS53 KMPX 192217 SVRMPX MNC085-129-143-192315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0069.120519T2217Z-120519T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 517 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 513 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 SOUTH OF STEWART...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... HUTCHINSON... STEWART... BROWNTON... BISCAY... SILVER LAKE... WINSTED... 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 4497 9446 4497 9402 4456 9432 4468 9462 TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 219DEG 30KT 4467 9444 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
377
WWUS53 KMPX 192255
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
MNC129-143-192310-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4472 9443 4497 9429 4497 9402 4471 9420
4471 9426 4465 9425 4464 9426 4463 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 219DEG 30KT 4494 9414
$$
MNC085-192315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
MCLEOD MN-
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCLEOD COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 554 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 SILVER LAKE...OR 11
MILES EAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINSTED.
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 4472 9443 4497 9429 4497 9402 4471 9420
4471 9426 4465 9425 4464 9426 4463 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 219DEG 30KT 4494 9414
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$574
WWUS53 KMPX 192307
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
MNC085-192322-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120519T2315Z/
MCLEOD MN-
607 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MCLEOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4472 9443 4497 9429 4497 9402 4471 9420
4471 9426 4465 9425 4464 9426 4463 9430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 219DEG 30KT 4501 9404
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 39 min |
| May 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 41 min |
| May 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 45 min |
| May 18, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 18, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 47 min |
| May 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 43 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Sherburne | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 54 min |
| May 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti | 38 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.