Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 10:24 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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 17, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 Nw Renville, 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, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
478 WFUS53 KMPX 180324 TORMPX MNC129-180400- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0036.120618T0324Z-120618T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1024 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1020 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF RENVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... OLIVIA... RENVILLE... DANUBE... BECHYN... BIRD ISLAND... 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. && LAT...LON 4484 9472 4461 9480 4471 9528 4482 9526 TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 279DEG 31KT 4475 9516 $$
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, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 24 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, 10:30 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.