Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2022, 12:43 PM CDT for Chisago County, Isanti County, Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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
- May 12, 2022, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2022, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 12:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Braham, MN | PICTURE WITH MEASURING TAPE WITH TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 12, 12:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ne Rush City, MN | |
| May 12, 12:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nne Rush City, MN | COCORAHS ID MN-CG-55. |
| May 12, 1:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ne Rush City, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
618
WUUS53 KMPX 121743
SVRMPX
MNC025-059-065-121815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0112.220512T1743Z-220512T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1243 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Kanabec County in east central Minnesota...
Northwestern Chisago County in east central Minnesota...
Northeastern Isanti County in east central Minnesota...
* Until 115 PM CDT.
* At 1242 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
of Brunswick, or 11 miles north of Cambridge, moving northeast at
35 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Grasston around 1255 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4574 9314 4572 9287 4563 9289 4550 9323
4575 9340 4598 9314
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 231DEG 30KT 4570 9321
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
NDC2 follow-up statements
243
WWUS53 KMPX 121758
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1258 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
MNC059-065-121807-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-220512T1815Z/
Kanabec MN-Isanti MN-
1258 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANABEC AND
NORTHEASTERN ISANTI COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for
east central Minnesota...and northwestern Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4572 9288 4563 9289 4557 9305 4573 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 242DEG 29KT 4574 9303
$$
MNC025-121815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-220512T1815Z/
Chisago MN-
1258 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO COUNTY...
At 1257 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rock Creek, or
6 miles southwest of Pine City, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Chisago County, including the following locations...
Rush City Airport, Harris and Wild River State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4572 9288 4563 9289 4557 9305 4573 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 242DEG 29KT 4574 9303
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
NDC882
WWUS53 KMPX 121807
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
107 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
MNC025-121817-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-220512T1815Z/
Chisago MN-
107 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHISAGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for
east central Minnesota...and northwestern Wisconsin.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
the Twin Cities.
LAT...LON 4572 9288 4563 9289 4557 9305 4573 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 231DEG 30KT 4579 9294
$$
NDCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 33 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 95 min |
| May 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 55 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 37 min |
| May 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 47 min |
| May 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 40 min |
| May 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 25 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 26 min |
| May 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 65 min |
| May 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 92 min |
| May 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 32 min |
| May 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 90 min |
| May 11, 11:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 29 days |
| May 12, 2:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| May 12, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 35 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 23 min |
| May 12, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 12, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| May 12, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 12, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 36 min |
| May 12, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Todd | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Swift | 30 min |
| May 12, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Pope, Swift | 36 min |
| May 12, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 26 min |
| May 12, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 46 min |
| May 12, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 83 min |
| May 12, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 12, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 7 days |
| May 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne and 1 more | 82 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Watonwan and 1 more | 58 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 15 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 17 min |
| May 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 13 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 53 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 17 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.