Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 5, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Wsw Florida Creek Wil, MN | |
| Jun 5, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Providence, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545
WUUS53 KMPX 052023
SVRMPX
MNC073-052115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0029.140605T2023Z-140605T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
323 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MADISON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MADISON AROUND 330 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MADISON AIRPORT...DAWSON AND
PROVIDENCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4496 9645 4509 9632 4496 9606 4481 9584
4480 9642 4481 9644 4481 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 305DEG 16KT 4497 9629
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
933
WWUS53 KMPX 052038
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
MNC073-052115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140605T2115Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
338 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 334 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GARY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...PROVIDENCE AND THE FLORIDA CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4493 9645 4506 9626 4496 9606 4481 9584
4480 9642 4481 9642 4481 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 308DEG 17KT 4489 9631
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$279
WWUS53 KMPX 052054
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
354 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
MNC073-052115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140605T2115Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
354 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAC
QUI PARLE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
CANBY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAWSON...PROVIDENCE AND BOYD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4485 9645 4501 9616 4496 9606 4481 9584
4480 9642 4481 9642 4481 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 308DEG 17KT 4484 9625
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 43 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.