Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2012, 12:39 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2012, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 1960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
920 WUUS53 KMPX 231739 SVRMPX MNC041-121-153-231830- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0080.120523T1739Z-120523T1830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1239 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WEST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1236 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWRY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... GLENWOOD... ALEXANDRIA... LOWRY... LONG BEACH... KENSINGTON... FORADA... GARFIELD... OSAKIS... CARLOS... MILTONA... ROSE CITY... CLOTHO... BROWERVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4610 9545 4610 9482 4562 9533 4572 9574 TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 220DEG 45KT 4575 9549 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
2 follow-up statements
606
WWUS53 KMPX 231804
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
104 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
MNC121-231819-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120523T1830Z/
POPE MN-
104 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4610 9482 4576 9523 4576 9525 4590 9554
4610 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 220DEG 45KT 4599 9520
$$
MNC041-153-231830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120523T1830Z/
DOUGLAS MN-TODD MN-
104 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
TODD AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...
AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CARLOS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSE CITY...CLOTHO AND BROWERVILLE.
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 4610 9482 4576 9523 4576 9525 4590 9554
4610 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 220DEG 45KT 4599 9520
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$515
WWUS53 KMPX 231825
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
125 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
MNC041-153-231840-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120523T1830Z/
DOUGLAS MN-TODD MN-
125 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TODD AND EASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4610 9482 4576 9523 4576 9525 4590 9554
4610 9539
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 220DEG 45KT 4619 9495
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 22 more | 34 hr |
| May 23, 10:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 8 hr |
| May 23, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 27 min |
| May 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope and 4 more | 84 min |
| May 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 37 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 28 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 34 min |
| May 23, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 39 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.