Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 16, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 16, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 W Trimont, MN | MEASURED FROM VEHICLE ANEMOMETER. |
| Jun 16, 4:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Nw Trimont, MN | QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483
WUUS53 KMPX 162046
SVRMPX
MNC091-165-162130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.140616T2046Z-140616T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 344 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF MARTIN
AND SOUTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...SHERBURN...TRIMONT...FOXLAKE...SOUTH BRANCH AND TRUMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9486 4395 9451 4365 9430 4349 9484
4350 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 236DEG 32KT 4362 9495
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 7 days |
| Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 24 days |
| Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Martin | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 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.