Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2014, 6:31 AM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2014, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
656
WUUS53 KMPX 191131
SVRMPX
MNC149-151-191215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0025.140519T1131Z-140519T1215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 629 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE
OLIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANCOCK.
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 4560 9576 4558 9575 4534 9575 4533 9612
4542 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 242DEG 24KT 4540 9602
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB4 follow-up statements
117
WWUS53 KMPX 191138
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
638 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC149-151-191215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140519T1215Z/
STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN-
638 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
SWIFT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
AT 634 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE OLIVER...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HANCOCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9576 4558 9575 4534 9575 4533 9606
4545 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 242DEG 24KT 4542 9596
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB661
WWUS53 KMPX 191144
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
644 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC149-151-191215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140519T1215Z/
STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN-
644 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SWIFT AND SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
AT 639 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LAKE OLIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
HANCOCK.
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 9599 4543 9599 4553 9575 4534 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 246DEG 25KT 4543 9590
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB528
WWUS53 KMPX 191153
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
653 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
MNC149-191203-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140519T1215Z/
STEVENS MN-
653 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4533 9589 4538 9588 4542 9575 4534 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 255DEG 24KT 4537 9579
$$
MNC151-191215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140519T1215Z/
SWIFT MN-
653 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SWIFT COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
AT 648 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
LAKE OLIVER...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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN SWIFT 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 4533 9589 4538 9588 4542 9575 4534 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 255DEG 24KT 4537 9579
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB702 WWUS53 KMPX 191200 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 700 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 MNC151-191211- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140519T1215Z/ SWIFT MN- 700 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SWIFT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES. LAT...LON 4533 9589 4538 9588 4542 9575 4534 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 255DEG 24KT 4538 9572 $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 46 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.