Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2015, 8:16 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 10 reports 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
- Jul 12, 2015, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 W Sauk Rapids, MN | WINDS ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH. |
| Jul 12, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Nnw St Cloud, MN | WINDS ESTIMATED 55 TO 60 MPH. |
| Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Se Sauk Centre, MN | AWOS METAR KD39 |
| Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Sse Sauk Centre, MN | AWOS METAR KD39 |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albany, MN | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kimball, MN | 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saint Joseph, MN | SEMAPHORE TRAFIC SIGNAL DOWN |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sauk Centre, MN | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | St Joseph, MN | SEMAPHORE TRAFIC SIGNAL DOWN |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wsw Kimball, MN | 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 3598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007
WUUS53 KMPX 130116
SVRMPX
MNC145-130200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0068.150713T0116Z-150713T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
816 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 815 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ROYALTON TO NEAR REGAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RICE AROUND 825 PM CDT.
EDEN VALLEY AROUND 845 PM CDT.
WATKINS AROUND 855 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FAIRHAVEN...LAKE HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...ST WENDEL...PLEASANT LAKE...
ELROSA...GREENWALD...ST AUGUSTA...FARMING AND NEW MUNICH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND
178.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9428 4568 9419 4562 9421 4556 9415
4550 9415 4542 9405 4530 9416 4532 9422
4528 9428 4528 9438 4532 9439 4533 9476
4542 9479 4542 9513 4564 9514 4574 9500
4578 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 306DEG 31KT 4584 9425 4544 9485
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRB1 follow-up statement
180
WWUS53 KMPX 130141
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
841 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
MNC145-130200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-150713T0200Z/
STEARNS MN-
841 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR STEARNS COUNTY...
AT 841 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAYHEW TO MANANNAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WATKINS AROUND 900 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FAIRHAVEN...LAKE HENRY...GEORGEVILLE...ST WENDEL...PLEASANT LAKE...
ELROSA...GREENWALD...ST AUGUSTA...FARMING AND NEW MUNICH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND
178.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4577 9428 4568 9419 4562 9421 4556 9415
4550 9415 4542 9405 4530 9416 4532 9422
4528 9428 4528 9438 4532 9439 4533 9476
4542 9479 4542 9513 4564 9514 4573 9490
4577 9451
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 306DEG 30KT 4572 9403 4532 9463
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 70 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 81 min |
| Jul 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Isanti, Sherburne | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Washington, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 19 min |
| Jul 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.