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 Jun 10, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Brown County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Fernando, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN, SOME 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER. SHED BLOWN OVER WITH METAL WRAPPED AROUND TREES AND POWER POLES. POWER POLES DOWN AS WELL. |
| Jun 10, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brownton, MN | TREE DOWN ON VEHICLE. DUGOUT AND FENCE AT A BASEBALL FIELD BLOWN OVER. PINE TREES OF 2 FEET IN DIAMETER BLOWN OVER. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
736
WWUS83 KMPX 102221
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
MNZ058-065>067-074-075-082-102300-
BROWN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-WATONWAN-
521 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OVER BROWN...MCLEOD...MEEKER...
NICOLLET...RENVILLE...SIBLEY AND WATONWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM
CDT...
AT 518 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COMFREY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 4401 9488 4462 9486 4461 9477 4491 9460
4516 9426 4416 9439 4394 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 207DEG 41KT 4410 9491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 48 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.