Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 5 reports 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 27, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Falcon Heights, MN | NEAR U OF M |
| May 27, 8:04 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Shoreview, MN | |
| May 27, 8:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 2 Ssw Blaine, MN | AWOS ANE ANOKA CNTY AIRPORT JANES FIELD. |
| May 27, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Blaine, MN | |
| May 27, 8:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Blaine, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
572
WWUS83 KMPX 280039
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
739 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
MNZ061>063-280130-
ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
739 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
AT 735 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST PAUL...OR NEAR LILYDALE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ROSEVILLE.
LITTLE CANADA.
VADNAIS HEIGHTS.
NORTH OAKS.
CENTERVILLE.
HUGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 4525 9279 4490 9295 4491 9304 4492 9305
4492 9320 4504 9321 4504 9327 4532 9316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 203DEG 32KT 4498 9313
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Chisago | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 48 min |
| May 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 61 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 55 min |
| May 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chisago | 5 hr |
| May 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 53 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Wright | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 46 min |
| May 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 57 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 45 min |
| May 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 62 min |
| May 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
| May 27, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 4 hr |
| May 27, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 48 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 66 hr |
| May 27, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Freeborn, Goodhue, Steele | 40 min |
| May 27, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 29 min |
| May 28, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chisago | 6 hr |
| May 28, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 6 days |
| May 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 66 min |
| May 28, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 50 min |
| May 28, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 64 min |
| May 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 61 min |
| May 28, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 44 min |
| May 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 42 min |
| May 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 40 min |
| May 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Sherburne | 79 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 45 min |
| May 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| May 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 24 min |
| May 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 27 min |
| May 27, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 49 min |
| May 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 56 min |
| May 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 33 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.