Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2014, 5:49 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 1, 2014, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Alexandria, MN | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN ALEXANDRIA VIA TWITTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569
WUUS53 KMPX 012249
SVRMPX
MNC041-121-153-012330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0102.140901T2249Z-140901T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
549 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 546 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ALEXANDRIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...LAKE OSAKIS...ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT...FORADA...NELSON...
VILLARD...OSAKIS AND WEST UNION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4580 9492 4577 9514 4571 9526 4590 9566
4601 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 286DEG 27KT 4590 9545
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
505
WWUS53 KMPX 012307
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
MNC041-121-153-012330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-140901T2330Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-TODD MN-
607 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
TODD...NORTHEASTERN POPE AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 630
PM CDT...
AT 606 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE OSAKIS...FORADA...NELSON...VILLARD...OSAKIS AND WEST UNION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4587 9547 4598 9508 4580 9492 4577 9514
4571 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 291DEG 21KT 4586 9534
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$526
WWUS53 KMPX 012325
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
MNC041-121-153-012335-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-140901T2330Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-TODD MN-
625 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TODD...
NORTHEASTERN POPE AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4587 9547 4598 9508 4580 9492 4577 9514
4571 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 291DEG 21KT 4582 9520
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 63 min |
| Sep 1, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 60 min |
| Sep 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 47 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.