Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 8:06 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 17, 2012, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:35 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N Priam, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 492 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 747 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989 WFUS53 KMPX 180106 TORMPX MNC023-067-151-180130- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0032.120618T0106Z-120618T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 806 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG ROTATION WITH A STORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF KERKHOVEN. IN ADDITION...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM MOVING EAS AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WILLMAR... KERKHOVEN... SPICER... KANDIYOHI... NEW LONDON... MURDOCK... PENNOCK... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES... SUPERCELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. && LAT...LON 4531 9487 4509 9483 4506 9541 4524 9544 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 262DEG 25KT 4516 9529 $$
1 follow-up statement
618 WWUS53 KMPX 180123 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 823 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 MNC023-151-180138- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120618T0130Z/ CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN- 823 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT AND NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4526 9525 4531 9487 4509 9483 4507 9517 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 262DEG 25KT 4518 9511 $$ MNC067-180130- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120618T0130Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 823 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILLMAR...SPICER...KANDIYOHI AND NEW LONDON. LAT...LON 4526 9525 4531 9487 4509 9483 4507 9517 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 262DEG 25KT 4518 9511 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 8:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, Sibley and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 10 days |
| Jun 18, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 24 more | 56 hr |
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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.