Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 12, 2016, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Hoffman, MN | A FEW LARGE 4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES BROKEN DOWN IN SHELTER BELTS. CROPS FLATTENED IN A FEW SPOTS. |
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 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -929 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
212
WUUS53 KMPX 122048
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-149-122130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0048.160612T2048Z-160612T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
348 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 347 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DALTON TO BARRETT TO DONNELLY...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EVANSVILLE AROUND 415 PM CDT.
BRANDON AND KENSINGTON AROUND 420 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FARWELL...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY...GARFIELD...MELBY AND HOLMES CITY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND
97.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9547 4604 9545 4570 9554 4566 9584
4576 9585 4576 9576 4610 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 249DEG 25KT 4616 9597 4593 9591 4569 9597
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
586
WWUS53 KMPX 122119
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
MNC041-121-149-122130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160612T2130Z/
STEVENS MN-DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-
419 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STEVENS...WESTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN POPE
COUNTIES...
AT 418 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLITHERALL TO NEAR KENSINGTON TO NEAR
MORRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BRANDON AROUND 430 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
FARWELL...MILLERVILLE...LEAF VALLEY...GARFIELD...MELBY AND HOLMES CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9547 4604 9545 4570 9554 4566 9584
4576 9585 4576 9576 4610 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 238DEG 25KT 4619 9561 4585 9567 4562 9586
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 69 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 60 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.