Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT for Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 5:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853
WFUS53 KMPX 152152
TORMPX
MNC129-143-152230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0001.120415T2152Z-120415T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
452 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 449 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 6 MILES NORTH OF
FAIRFAX...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FAIRFAX...
HECTOR...
BUFFALO LAKE...
LAKESIDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4453 9483 4489 9482 4489 9454 4489 9453
4451 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 188DEG 37KT 4465 9468
$$
JLT3 follow-up statements
935
WWUS53 KMPX 152201
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
501 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
MNC129-143-152230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120415T2230Z/
RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-
501 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY AND
EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR HECTOR...OR 17 MILES EAST OF OLIVIA...MOVING NORTH
AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKESIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4453 9483 4489 9482 4489 9454 4489 9453
4451 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 188DEG 37KT 4473 9466
$$
JLT032
WWUS53 KMPX 152215
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
515 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
MNC143-152230-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120415T2230Z/
SIBLEY MN-
515 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4475 9472 4489 9475 4489 9454 4489 9453
4474 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 191DEG 26KT 4483 9463
$$
MNC129-152230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120415T2230Z/
RENVILLE MN-
515 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFFALO LAKE...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKESIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4475 9472 4489 9475 4489 9454 4489 9453
4474 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 191DEG 26KT 4483 9463
$$
JRB945
WWUS53 KMPX 152218
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
518 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
MNC129-152233-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120415T2230Z/
RENVILLE MN-
518 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4475 9472 4489 9475 4489 9454 4489 9453
4474 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 191DEG 26KT 4485 9462
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, McLeod and 8 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 6 more | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.