Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:02 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min. 11 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, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wells, MN | BRANCHES AND TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Manchester, MN | TREES DOWN, POWER LINES DOWN. ROOF OF SHED TORN OFF. |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hartland, MN | SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN AND AROUND CITY. |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manchester, MN | SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN AND AROUND TOWN. |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manchester, MN | SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES IN AND AROUND TOWN. |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Albert Lea, MN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES. |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Emmons, MN | MOBILE ANEMOMETER |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Albert Lea, MN | |
| Jun 16, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Wsw Albert Lea, MN | |
| Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Albert Lea, MN | |
| Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 Se Twin Lakes, MN | TIME IS ESTIMATED |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
831
WUUS53 KMPX 162302
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-170000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0039.140616T2302Z-140617T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH TO 16 MILES EAST OF
BLUE EARTH TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE MILLS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
ALBERT LEA...HAYWARD...MYRE BIG ISLAND STATE PARK...WELLS...
KIESTER...BARODA...WALTERS...MANSFIELD...FREEBORN...ALDEN...
EMMONS...CONGER...HARTLAND...MANCHESTER...TWIN LAKES...ALBERT LEA
AIRPORT...CLARKS GROVE...GLENVILLE...GENEVA AND MYRTLE.
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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4349 9396 4385 9378 4385 9307 4350 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 247DEG 32KT 4384 9375 4366 9377
4352 9380
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
470
WWUS53 KMPX 162338
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
638 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
MNC043-162348-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140617T0000Z/
FARIBAULT MN-
638 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4350 9364 4385 9364 4385 9307 4350 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 247DEG 32KT 4383 9335 4375 9335
4353 9333
$$
MNC047-170000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140617T0000Z/
FREEBORN MN-
638 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 635 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF ALBERT LEA TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
ALBERT LEA TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRE BIG ISLAND STATE PARK...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
HAYWARD...MYRE BIG ISLAND STATE PARK...CLARKS GROVE...GLENVILLE...
GENEVA...HOLLANDALE AND MYRTLE.
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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9364 4385 9364 4385 9307 4350 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 247DEG 32KT 4383 9335 4375 9335
4353 9333
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$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, 5:17 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, 6:07 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.