Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:31 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 12 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, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Blue Earth County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 16, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Mapleton, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 22. |
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Mapleton, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 22. OCCURRED IN BEAUFORD TOWNSHIP. |
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Mapleton, MN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG ROUTES 22 AND 30. TREES IN EXCESS OF 12-14 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWNED. |
| Jun 16, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mapleton, MN | LARGE GRAIN BINS BLOWN OVER. MORE THEN LIKELY EMPTY. TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Garden City, MN | LARGE TREE DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 3 Nw Mapleton, MN | LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Skyline, MN | 10 INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN |
| Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | Mapleton, MN | EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT MAPLETON. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND. |
| Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | 5 N Mapleton, MN | WOODEN ELECTRICAL POLES LEANING. TREES UPROOTED. TREE AND SOME POWER LINE DAMAGE FROM MAPLETON NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 22 TO 179TH STREET. |
| Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 100 | 4 Nnw Minnesota Lake, MN | HALF OF A METAL BUILDING SYSTEM WAS NEARLY DESTROYED. METAL WALL AND ROOF PANELS PEELED FROM THE BUILDING WITH NEAR COLLAPSE OF THE NORTH SIDE. EMPTY GRAIN BINS BENT AND NEARLY TIPPED OVER. |
| 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
705
WUUS53 KMPX 162231
SVRMPX
MNC013-162315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0037.140616T2231Z-140616T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
531 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 528 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MINNEOPA STATE PARK TO 16 MILES NORTH OF BLUE
EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...SKYLINE...MAPLETON...MANKATO AIRPORT...EAGLE LAKE...ST
CLAIR...PEMBERTON AND MADISON LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4419 9428 4420 9415 4415 9404 4417 9403
4417 9400 4419 9402 4421 9402 4424 9377
4386 9378 4385 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 274DEG 19KT 4418 9408 4402 9403
4386 9410
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
LRS1 follow-up statement
729
WWUS53 KMPX 162250
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
550 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
MNC013-162315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
550 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BLUE
EARTH COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 545 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MANKATO TO 16 MILES NORTH OF BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO AIRPORT...EAGLE LAKE...ST CLAIR...PEMBERTON AND MADISON LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9414 4415 9404 4417 9403 4417 9400
4421 9402 4424 9377 4386 9378 4385 9411
4386 9414
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 274DEG 19KT 4417 9394 4401 9389
4385 9396
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
LRSThe 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, 5:17 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, 5:39 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.