Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 11:15 AM CDT for Wright 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
- Sep 3, 2014, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Nnw Waverly, MN | TWO TO THREE INCHES DEEP...DESTROYED A 25 ACRE APPLE ORCHARD. |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
292 WUUS53 KMPX 031615 SVRMPX MNC171-031645- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0107.140903T1615Z-140903T1645Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1115 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1114 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF MAPLE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BUFFALO AROUND 1140 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RASSAT...WAVERLY...MONTROSE... BUFFALO AIRPORT AND DELANO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4519 9377 4498 9377 4499 9419 4517 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 268DEG 22KT 4508 9405 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$
2 follow-up statements
674 WWUS53 KMPX 031631 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1131 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 MNC171-031645- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-140903T1645Z/ WRIGHT MN- 1131 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM CDT... AT 1130 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...AND DELANO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS! && LAT...LON 4518 9398 4519 9377 4498 9377 4498 9396 TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 266DEG 24KT 4510 9390 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
765 WWUS53 KMPX 031637 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1137 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 MNC171-031647- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0107.000000T0000Z-140903T1645Z/ WRIGHT MN- 1137 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 AM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4518 9398 4519 9377 4498 9377 4498 9396 TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 266DEG 24KT 4510 9384 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 9:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 39 min |
| Sep 3, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 24 min |
| Sep 3, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 51 min |
| Sep 3, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 1:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Pope | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 35 min |
| Sep 3, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 31 min |
| Sep 3, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 51 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.