Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 5, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4:04 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 6 N Canby Airport, MN | LARGEST HAILSTONE WAS 5/8 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER. |
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
791 WUUS53 KMPX 052104 SVRMPX MNC173-052200- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0030.140605T2104Z-140605T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 404 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF CANBY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CANBY AND ST LEO. 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 4480 9646 4481 9584 4463 9562 4462 9645 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 294DEG 13KT 4482 9624 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
3 follow-up statements
352
WWUS53 KMPX 052129
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
429 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
MNC173-052200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-140605T2200Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
429 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 428 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COTTONWOOD TO 9 MILES NORTH OF TAUNTON TO CANBY...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST LEO AND PORTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4462 9645 4477 9644 4479 9611 4479 9582
4470 9570 4463 9563 4463 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 294DEG 13KT 4465 9574 4472 9599
4471 9632
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$245
WWUS53 KMPX 052146
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
446 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
MNC173-052200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-140605T2200Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
446 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 443 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COTTONWOOD TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MINNEOTA TO CANBY...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTER.
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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4462 9645 4476 9644 4479 9611 4479 9582
4470 9570 4463 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 294DEG 13KT 4465 9573 4469 9591
4469 9624
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$230
WWUS53 KMPX 052158
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
458 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
MNC173-052208-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-140605T2200Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
458 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4462 9645 4476 9644 4479 9611 4479 9582
4470 9570 4463 9563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 294DEG 13KT 4463 9567 4467 9585
4467 9618
$$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, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 44 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.