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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2014Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 3:02 AM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 18, 2014, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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 18, 3:17 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Alden, MN	PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER OUT IN TOWN.
Jun 18, 3:30 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Albert Lea, MN	EMERGENCY MANAGER CONCLUDED DOWNBURST PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOME RESIDENCE. DAMAGE INCLUDED LOSS OF ROOF AND OTHER DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AND DAMAGE REPORT. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON EASTGATE ROAD NEAR GOOSE LAKE.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

467 
WUUS53 KMPX 180802
SVRMPX
MNC043-047-180845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0046.140618T0802Z-140618T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
302 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 301 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF
  BLUE EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBERT LEA AROUND 340 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BRUSH CREEK...KIESTER...
WALTERS...BARODA...MANSFIELD...ALDEN...CONGER...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT
LEA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4367 9403 4385 9337 4350 9327 4349 9374
      4349 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0802Z 253DEG 33KT 4360 9384

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

3 follow-up statements

162 
WWUS53 KMPX 180820
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
320 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC043-047-180845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140618T0845Z/
FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-
320 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 319 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
ALBERT LEA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBERT LEA AROUND 335 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TWIN LAKES...MANCHESTER AND
ALBERT LEA AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4374 9378 4385 9337 4350 9327 4349 9367
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 258DEG 36KT 4362 9354

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

728 
WWUS53 KMPX 180834
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC043-180844-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140618T0845Z/
FARIBAULT MN-
334 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4350 9352 4379 9360 4385 9337 4350 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 258DEG 36KT 4365 9336

$$

MNC047-180845-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140618T0845Z/
FREEBORN MN-
334 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
FREEBORN COUNTY UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

AT 333 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBERT LEA...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9352 4379 9360 4385 9337 4350 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0834Z 258DEG 36KT 4365 9336

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

268 
WWUS53 KMPX 180840
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC047-180850-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-140618T0845Z/
FREEBORN MN-
340 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4350 9352 4379 9360 4385 9337 4350 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 258DEG 36KT 4366 9328

$$

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 17, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	46 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, 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.