Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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 26, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
285
WUUS53 KMPX 261915
SVRMPX
MNC049-WIC091-093-262015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.120526T1915Z-120526T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
215 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 214 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOODHUE...
OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GOODHUE...
HAGER CITY...
BAY CITY...
ESDAILE...
FRONTENAC...
MAIDEN ROCK...
STOCKHOLM...
PEPIN...
PLUM CITY...
PORCUPINE...
ELLA...
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9278 4473 9230 4456 9203 4445 9205
4440 9209 4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9241
4439 9243 4439 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 254DEG 27KT 4445 9265
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
JPC3 follow-up statements
946
WWUS53 KMPX 261941
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
MNC049-WIC091-093-262015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120526T2015Z/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
241 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PIERCE...SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTIES UNTIL
315 PM CDT...
AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
WELCH TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEPIN...FRONTENAC...HAGER CITY...STOCKHOLM...BAY CITY...ESDAILE...
MAIDEN ROCK...ELLA...PORCUPINE AND PLUM CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9278 4473 9230 4456 9203 4445 9205
4440 9209 4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9241
4439 9243 4439 9270
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 246DEG 36KT 4450 9265 4438 9226
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
JPC207
WWUS53 KMPX 262005
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
305 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
MNC049-WIC091-093-262015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120526T2015Z/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
305 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PIERCE...SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTIES UNTIL
315 PM CDT...
AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BELLECHESTER...OR 11 MILES WEST OF LAKE CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRONTENAC...STOCKHOLM...MAIDEN ROCK...PEPIN...PLUM CITY...PORCUPINE
AND ELLA.
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 4471 9226 4456 9203 4445 9205 4440 9209
4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9241 4439 9243
4439 9263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 247DEG 35KT 4444 9245
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
JPC361
WWUS53 KMPX 262015
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
315 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
MNC049-WIC091-093-262031-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120526T2015Z/
GOODHUE MN-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
315 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE...
SOUTHWESTERN PEPIN AND EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4471 9226 4456 9203 4445 9205 4440 9209
4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9241 4439 9243
4439 9263
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 247DEG 35KT 4444 9245
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 56 min |
| May 26, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more | 61 min |
| May 26, 7:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 54 min |
| May 26, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 64 min |
| May 26, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 23 min |
| May 26, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 23 min |
| May 26, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 56 min |
| May 26, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 26 min |
| May 26, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 8 min |
| May 26, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 28 min |
| May 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 55 min |
| May 26, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 34 min |
| May 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 45 min |
| May 26, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 35 min |
| May 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 57 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 41 min |
| May 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 65 min |
| May 26, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 24 min |
| May 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 60 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.