Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT for Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 18, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lyon County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 10:49 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 Nw Marshall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
153
WFUS53 KFSD 190330
TORFSD
MNC083-190400-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0045.140619T0330Z-140619T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1030 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1028 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEOTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TAUNTON AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4463 9582 4459 9584 4449 9587 4451 9608
4454 9608 4455 9610 4464 9609 4464 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 197DEG 9KT 4457 9598
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HANKO2 follow-up statements
850
WWUS53 KFSD 190342
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1042 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
MNC083-190400-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-140619T0400Z/
LYON MN-
1042 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 1040 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MINNEOTA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
LYON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4463 9582 4459 9584 4454 9586 4457 9604
4459 9610 4464 9609 4464 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 197DEG 9KT 4461 9595
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HANKO911
WWUS53 KFSD 190351
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1051 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
MNC083-190402-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-140619T0400Z/
LYON MN-
1051 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4463 9582 4459 9584 4454 9586 4457 9604
4459 9610 4464 9609 4464 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 197DEG 9KT 4464 9594
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon | 12 hr |
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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.