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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Norwood/Young America, MN | NUMEROUS 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 CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Le Center, MN | PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. |
| Jun 19, 3:48 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Cologne, MN | SIX TO EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS SEVERED. TELEPHONE POLE LEANING AGAINST TREE. |
| Jun 19, 3:52 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 Ene Henderson, MN | MNDOT ROAD SENSOR |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Belle Plaine, MN | 50 TO 60 TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | Belle Plaine, MN | |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Belle Plaine, MN | |
| Jun 19, 3:59 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 N New Prague, MN | MEASURED BY SPOTTER AT CO RD 2 AND 21. REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Prior Lake, MN | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWNED. TIME CORRECTED. |
| Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Savage, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 13 AND 150TH ST. |
| Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 E Savage, MN | APRSWXNET SENSOR. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| Jun 19, 4:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | Eden Prairie, MN | MEASURED AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT |
| Jun 19, 4:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bloomington, MN | TREE DOWN ON KNOX BETWEEN 82ND AND AMERICAN BLVD. TIN SHED BLOWN TO NEXT YARD NEAR 100 ST. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 19, 4:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | N Burnsville, MN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON BURSVILLE PARKWAY AT HWY 35W. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Apple Valley, MN | 14 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakeville, MN | 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWNED |
| Jun 19, 4:10 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | Lakeville, MN | REPORTED AT LAKEVILLE AIRPORT |
| Jun 19, 4:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Faribault, MN | MEASURED AT FARIBAULT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT |
| Jun 19, 4:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Rosemount, MN | 30 FT TREE DOWN. WOOD FENCE BLOWN OVER. NEAR INTERSECTION OF SHANNON PARKWAY AND HWY 46. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 4:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakeville, MN | FIFTY 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 CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lakeville, MN | |
| Jun 19, 4:21 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ssw Dundas, MN | LEAVES SHREDDED. LASTED FOR 7 MINUTES. |
| Jun 19, 4:23 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eagan, MN | 30 FT TALL PINE TREE UPROOTED. BRANCHES BROKEN OFF OTHER TREES. |
| Jun 19, 4:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse South St Paul, MN | LARGE TREES DOWN. ROAD TO NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HWY 494 AND CO RD 56. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 19, 4:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | South St Paul, MN | LARGE 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 CDT | HAIL 1 | Dundas, 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.
- 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
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
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Wright | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 9 days |
| Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Todd | 25 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Saint Croix | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 66 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.