Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2022, 8:06 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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
- May 12, 2022, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 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, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
656
WUUS53 KMPX 130106
SVRMPX
MNC065-095-097-130200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0125.220513T0106Z-220513T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
806 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Kanabec County in east central Minnesota...
Mille Lacs County in east central Minnesota...
Southeastern Morrison County in central Minnesota...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 806 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Lastrup to near Foreston, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Vineland around 820 PM CDT.
Ogilvie around 825 PM CDT.
Mora and Brunswick around 830 PM CDT.
Grasston around 835 PM CDT.
Mille Lacs Lake and Quamba around 840 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Mora
Airport, Morrill, Warman, Knife Lake, Lake Mille Lacs, Harding,
Hillman, Lewis Lake and Bayview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4625 9344 4615 9343 4616 9306 4598 9306
4598 9314 4574 9314 4573 9349 4574 9351
4581 9352 4582 9401 4604 9414 4616 9425
4616 9381 4624 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 237DEG 50KT 4606 9403 4567 9372
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Borghoff2 follow-up statements
735
WWUS53 KMPX 130137
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
837 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
MNC065-095-097-130200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-220513T0200Z/
Kanabec MN-Mille Lacs MN-Morrison MN-
837 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR KANABEC...MILLE LACS AND SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTIES...
At 837 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles south of Malmo to near Brunswick, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Mora, Brunswick and Isle around 840 PM CDT.
Grasston and Quamba around 850 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Knife
Lake, Mora Airport, Warman, Lake Mille Lacs, Lewis Lake and Bayview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Minnesota.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4625 9344 4615 9343 4616 9306 4598 9306
4598 9314 4574 9314 4573 9349 4574 9351
4581 9352 4582 9380 4616 9381 4624 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 246DEG 38KT 4623 9358 4576 9331
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Borghoff573
WWUS53 KMPX 130156
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
856 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
MNC065-095-097-130206-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0125.000000T0000Z-220513T0200Z/
Kanabec MN-Mille Lacs MN-Morrison MN-
856 PM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KANABEC...MILLE LACS AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However gusty winds are still possible with
these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for central and
east central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4625 9344 4615 9343 4616 9306 4598 9306
4598 9314 4574 9314 4573 9349 4574 9351
4581 9352 4582 9380 4616 9381 4624 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 237DEG 50KT 4637 9326 4590 9299
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 45 min |
| May 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 58 min |
| May 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and 1 more | 67 min |
| May 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 21 min |
| May 12, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 16 min |
| May 12, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 44 min |
| May 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 13 min |
| May 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 9 min |
| May 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 16 min |
| May 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Scott and 3 more | 60 min |
| May 12, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 57 min |
| May 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 20 min |
| May 12, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 19 min |
| May 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 12 min |
| May 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 39 min |
| May 12, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 85 min |
| May 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 36 min |
| May 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 27 min |
| May 12, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| May 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 11 hr |
| May 13, 9:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 21 days |
| May 13, 9:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 21 days |
| May 13, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 67 hr |
| May 13, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 58 hr |
| May 13, 2:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 21 days |
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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.