Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:17 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 5:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garden City, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Vernon Center, MN | 10 INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Vernon Center, MN | 3 TO 6 INCH TREE BRANCHES |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
657
WUUS53 KMPX 162217
SVRMPX
MNC013-165-162315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0035.140616T2217Z-140616T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
517 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
ST JAMES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
ST JAMES...MADELIA...ECHOLS...SOUTH BRANCH...ST JAMES AIRPORT...
GROGAN...LEWISVILLE...AMBOY...VERNON CENTER AND LAKE CRYSTAL.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9480 4396 9477 4418 9414 4385 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 246DEG 24KT 4384 9465
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
390 WWUS53 KMPX 162249 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 549 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 MNC013-165-162315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/ WATONWAN MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 549 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BLUE EARTH AND EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADELIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MADELIA...AMBOY...VERNON CENTER AND LAKE CRYSTAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS! && LAT...LON 4385 9459 4405 9451 4418 9414 4385 9415 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 246DEG 24KT 4392 9438 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$
492 WWUS53 KMPX 162303 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 603 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 MNC165-162313- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/ WATONWAN MN- 603 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WATONWAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4385 9435 4410 9433 4418 9414 4385 9415 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 246DEG 24KT 4396 9426 $$ MNC013-162315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 603 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADELIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AMBOY...VERNON CENTER AND LAKE CRYSTAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS! && LAT...LON 4385 9435 4410 9433 4418 9414 4385 9415 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 246DEG 24KT 4396 9426 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$
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, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 44 min |
| 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, 5:28 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.