Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2014, 11:59 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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 17, 2014, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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 18, 12:09 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Mankato, MN | OCCURRED OVER WESTERN PORTION OF CITY ALONG HIGHWAY 14. |
| Jun 18, 12:22 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Mankato, MN | OCCURRED OVER SOUTH MANKATO. RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
| Jun 18, 12:22 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Mankato, MN | OCCURRED OVER SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. |
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 17, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WUUS53 KMPX 180459 SVRMPX MNC013-079-103-180545- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0044.140618T0459Z-140618T0545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1159 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1157 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANKATO... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...EAGLE LAKE...MANKATO AIRPORT...KASOTA... MADISON LAKE AND LAKE JEFFERSON. 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 4431 9409 4427 9373 4403 9396 4408 9424 TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 206DEG 8KT 4414 9401 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
199 WWUS53 KMPX 180525 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1225 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 MNC013-079-103-180545- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140618T0545Z/ LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 1225 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET AND SOUTH CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT... AT 1223 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MANKATO...NORTH MANKATO...MANKATO AIRPORT...EAGLE LAKE AND MADISON LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4427 9411 4427 9373 4403 9396 4408 9424 TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 208DEG 8KT 4415 9399 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ BORGHOFF
984 WWUS53 KMPX 180547 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1247 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 MNC013-079-103-180557- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140618T0545Z/ LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN- 1247 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BLUE EARTH... SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET AND SOUTH CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4427 9411 4427 9373 4403 9396 4408 9424 TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 208DEG 8KT 4415 9399 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 55 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 7:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 4 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 9 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 16 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 19 days |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 21 days |
| Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 4 days |
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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.