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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 20126 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 28 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 19, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2012, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGNorwood/Young America, MNNUMEROUS MEDIUM TO LARGE MAPLE...OAK AND PINE TREES TOPPLED. SOME TREES OVER TWO FEET IN DIAMETER. AT LEAST 30 TREES FELLED WITH NUMEROUS SIX INCH DIAMETER OR SLIGHTLY GREAT DIAMETER BRANCHES SEVERED. SOME TREES SNAPPED WELL ABOVE BASES. SOME BRANCHES AND TREE
Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Le Center, MNPENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH.
Jun 19, 3:48 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Cologne, MNSIX TO EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS SEVERED. TELEPHONE POLE LEANING AGAINST TREE.
Jun 19, 3:52 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 664 Ene Henderson, MNMNDOT ROAD SENSOR
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBelle Plaine, MN50 TO 60 TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN.
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 83Belle Plaine, MN
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDTHAIL 1Belle Plaine, MN
Jun 19, 3:59 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 801 N New Prague, MNMEASURED BY SPOTTER AT CO RD 2 AND 21. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.
Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGPrior Lake, MNNUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWNED. TIME CORRECTED.
Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSavage, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 13 AND 150TH ST.
Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 631 E Savage, MNAPRSWXNET SENSOR. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Prior Lake, MN
Jun 19, 4:04 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 54Eden Prairie, MNMEASURED AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT
Jun 19, 4:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGBloomington, MNTREE DOWN ON KNOX BETWEEN 82ND AND AMERICAN BLVD. TIN SHED BLOWN TO NEXT YARD NEAR 100 ST. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 19, 4:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGN Burnsville, MNSEVERAL TREES DOWN ON BURSVILLE PARKWAY AT HWY 35W. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGApple Valley, MN14 POWER POLES KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED IN HALF ALONG PILOT KNOB ROAD BETWEEN COUNTY RD 42 AND COUNTY ROAD 46...CLOSING ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLakeville, MN10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWNED
Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Lakeville, MN
Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 54Lakeville, MNREPORTED AT LAKEVILLE AIRPORT
Jun 19, 4:14 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 55Faribault, MNMEASURED AT FARIBAULT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
Jun 19, 4:15 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ssw Rosemount, MN30 FT TREE DOWN. WOOD FENCE BLOWN OVER. NEAR INTERSECTION OF SHANNON PARKWAY AND HWY 46. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jun 19, 4:20 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLakeville, MNFIFTY FIVE INCH DIAMETER OAK TREE SNAPPED OFF ABOVE MAIN STUMP. MAIN STUMP 150 INCHES IN DIAMETER AT THE BASE. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON ITALY PATH.
Jun 19, 4:20 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Lakeville, MN
Jun 19, 4:21 AM CDTHAIL 1.253 Ssw Dundas, MNLEAVES SHREDDED. LASTED FOR 7 MINUTES.
Jun 19, 4:23 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGEagan, MN30 FT TALL PINE TREE UPROOTED. BRANCHES BROKEN OFF OTHER TREES.
Jun 19, 4:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sse South St Paul, MNLARGE TREES DOWN. ROAD TO NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 494 AND CO RD 56. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 19, 4:25 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGSouth St Paul, MNLARGE TREE LIMBS SNAPPED IN HALF. SMALL TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. MEDIA ALSO REPORTING UTILITY POLES DOWN IN SOUTH ST PAUL NEAR INTERSTATE 494.
Jun 19, 4:25 AM CDTHAIL 1Dundas, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2012-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

103 
WWUS83 KMPX 190830
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

MNZ060-062-063-067>070-076>078-WIZ024-190915-
CARVER-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-LE
SUEUR-PIERCE-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-WASHINGTON-
330 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

AT 323 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A OUTFLOW 
BOUNDARY FROM STORMS OVER THE METRO.  THE OUTFLOW WAS PACKING WINDS 
TO 50 MPH AS IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.  IT WAS LOCATED FROM 
NEWPORT TO LAKEVILLE TO ST HENRY. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW THE WIND AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN HAIL 
UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AS WELL.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ROSEMOUNT.
  CASTLE ROCK.
  RANDOLPH.
  NORTHFIELD.
  STANTON.
  MIESVILLE.

LAT...LON 4473 9282 4459 9256 4440 9270 4420 9375
      4482 9397 4490 9335 4498 9276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 300DEG 35KT 4487 9291 4463 9321
          4438 9374

$$
DWE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine43 min
Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi49 min
Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood60 min
Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa38 min
Jun 19, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine40 min
Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington62 min
Jun 19, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley46 min
Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 1 more41 min
Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Wright40 min
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott50 min
Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington64 min
Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue52 min
Jun 19, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington37 min
Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington34 min
Jun 19, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWright9 days
Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXTodd25 hr
Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXHennepin, Wright10 hr
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas46 min
Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Dunn, Saint Croix41 min
Jun 19, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa45 min
Jun 19, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin66 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.