Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2013, 6:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 12, 2013, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601
WUUS53 KMPX 121102
SVRMPX
MNC023-073-151-173-121200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0038.130612T1102Z-130612T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 557 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTICHOKE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
MADISON TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENDRICKS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MADISON.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...APPLETON...CERRO GORDO...
PORTER...DAWSON...HOLLOWAY...PROVIDENCE...MILAN...ST LEO...BIG BEND
CITY...DANVERS...BOYD...CLONTARF...WATSON...SPRING CREEK...
CLARKFIELD...HAZEL RUN AND ASBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4526 9646 4527 9642 4526 9629 4523 9627
4520 9612 4523 9611 4524 9612 4541 9611
4540 9549 4464 9550 4463 9645 4470 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 268DEG 36KT 4546 9594 4494 9613
4460 9627
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LRS3 follow-up statements
767
WWUS53 KMPX 121122
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
MNC023-073-151-173-121200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-130612T1200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
622 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YELLOW
MEDICINE...SWIFT...WESTERN CHIPPEWA AND EASTERN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 617 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF BENSON TO MONTEVIDEO TO MINNEOTA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. A WIND GUST TO 65 MPH WAS REPORTED BY THE
AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION AT MADISON.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...HAZEL RUN...ASBURY...HANLEY FALLS AND
WOOD LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4520 9612 4523 9611 4524 9612 4541 9611
4540 9549 4464 9550 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 268DEG 36KT 4546 9555 4494 9575
4460 9589
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
LRS627
WWUS53 KMPX 121131
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
MNC023-073-151-173-121200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-130612T1200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
631 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR YELLOW
MEDICINE...SWIFT...WESTERN CHIPPEWA AND EASTERN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 626 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENSON TO MONTEVIDEO TO 7 MILES
WEST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRANITE FALLS...ASBURY...HANLEY FALLS AND WOOD LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4520 9612 4523 9611 4524 9612 4541 9611
4540 9549 4464 9550 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 268DEG 36KT 4546 9540 4494 9560
4460 9574
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$480
WWUS53 KMPX 121142
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
MNC023-073-151-173-121151-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-130612T1200Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
642 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE...SWIFT...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA AND EASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...ALTHOUGH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 7 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4520 9612 4523 9611 4524 9612 4541 9611
4540 9549 4464 9550 4463 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 268DEG 36KT 4547 9537 4495 9556
4461 9571
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 8:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.