Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2014, 6:14 AM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 19, 2014, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Swift County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231
WUUS53 KMPX 191114
SVRMPX
MNC151-191200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0024.140519T1114Z-140519T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
614 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 700 AM CDT
* AT 611 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
ARTICHOKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APPLETON...APPLETON AIRPORT...HOLLOWAY AND DANVERS.
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 4534 9574 4517 9574 4520 9611 4525 9613
4532 9613 4533 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 269DEG 23KT 4527 9616
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB4 follow-up statements
496
WWUS53 KMPX 191133
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
633 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC151-191200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T1200Z/
SWIFT MN-
633 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SWIFT COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 629 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLETON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLOWAY AND DANVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4533 9610 4534 9574 4517 9574 4520 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 269DEG 23KT 4527 9598
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB372
WWUS53 KMPX 191142
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC151-191200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T1200Z/
SWIFT MN-
642 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SWIFT
COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 639 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF APPLETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLLOWAY AND DANVERS.
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 4520 9604 4533 9601 4534 9574 4517 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1141Z 274DEG 21KT 4527 9593
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB067
WWUS53 KMPX 191148
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC151-191200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T1200Z/
SWIFT MN-
648 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SWIFT
COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT...
AT 643 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
LAKE OLIVER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4517 9575 4521 9596 4533 9596 4534 9574
4517 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 270DEG 21KT 4531 9586
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB720
WWUS53 KMPX 191159
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
659 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC151-191209-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140519T1200Z/
SWIFT MN-
659 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SWIFT COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4517 9575 4521 9596 4533 9596 4534 9574
4517 9574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 269DEG 21KT 4531 9576
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 36 min |
| May 19, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 52 min |
| May 19, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 39 min |
| May 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 55 min |
| May 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 73 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.