Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 2:46 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 E Swanville, MN | GROUND WHITE. HAILED FIVE MINUTES. |
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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
755
WUUS53 KMPX 031946
SVRMPX
MNC097-153-032030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0111.140903T1946Z-140903T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
246 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE FALLS AROUND 315 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWANVILLE...FLENSBURG...
SOBIESKI AND LITTLE FALLS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4606 9464 4609 9447 4604 9424 4594 9423
4587 9458 4583 9479 4588 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 247DEG 34KT 4590 9474
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
398
WWUS53 KMPX 031954
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
MNC097-153-032030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-140903T2030Z/
MORRISON MN-TODD MN-
254 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
TODD AND WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 252 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LONG PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LITTLE FALLS AROUND 315 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLENSBURG...SOBIESKI AND
LITTLE FALLS AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4585 9470 4589 9477 4603 9460 4609 9447
4604 9424 4594 9423 4587 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 251DEG 37KT 4591 9462
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$954
WWUS53 KMPX 032007
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
307 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
MNC153-032017-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-140903T2030Z/
TODD MN-
307 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4588 9454 4593 9457 4596 9456 4606 9434
4604 9424 4594 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 256DEG 53KT 4594 9438
$$
MNC097-032030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-140903T2030Z/
MORRISON MN-
307 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT...
AT 304 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
MORRISON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4588 9454 4593 9457 4596 9456 4606 9434
4604 9424 4594 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 256DEG 53KT 4594 9438
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$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, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 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, 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.