Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2013, 5:58 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765
WUUS53 KMPX 122258
SVRMPX
MNC047-122330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0042.130612T2258Z-130612T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
558 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYWARD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
NORTHWOOD TO NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONDON AND MYRTLE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9335 4366 9329 4371 9305 4349 9304
4349 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 298DEG 17KT 4360 9312 4352 9316
4346 9321
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
349
WWUS53 KMPX 122314
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
614 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
MNC047-122330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-130612T2330Z/
FREEBORN MN-
614 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FREEBORN COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF LYLE TO
NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9330 4360 9325 4364 9305 4349 9304
4349 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 298DEG 17KT 4356 9302 4348 9306
4342 9311
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB672
WWUS53 KMPX 122326
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
626 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
MNC047-122336-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-130612T2330Z/
FREEBORN MN-
626 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4350 9330 4360 9325 4364 9305 4349 9304
4349 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 298DEG 17KT 4353 9295 4345 9299
4339 9304
$$
JRBThe 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, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 58 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 |
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.