Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2014, 11:10 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2014, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691
WUUS53 KMPX 190410
SVRMPX
MNC127-129-173-190500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0049.140619T0410Z-140619T0500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1110 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
WEST CENTRAL RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1109 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
UPPER SIOUX AGENCY...ECHO...BELVIEW AND SACRED HEART.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4480 9546 4479 9512 4440 9540 4448 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 204DEG 17KT 4453 9546
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
431 WWUS53 KMPX 190433 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1133 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 MNC127-129-173-190500- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140619T0500Z/ REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 1133 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WEST CENTRAL RENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1129 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED EAST OF WOOD LAKE...NEAR ECHO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... UPPER SIOUX AGENCY AROUND 1150 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SACRED HEART. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS! && LAT...LON 4449 9558 4480 9546 4479 9512 4449 9533 TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 204DEG 17KT 4463 9540 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$
237 WWUS53 KMPX 190457 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1157 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 MNC127-129-173-190508- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140619T0500Z/ REDWOOD MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN- 1157 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...WEST CENTRAL RENVILLE AND NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4449 9558 4480 9546 4479 9512 4449 9533 TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 204DEG 17KT 4474 9533 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 12 days |
| Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 113 min |
| Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet and 6 more | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 70 min |
| Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Scott | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 8:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 4 more | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Wright | 11 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 16 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 17 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 14 days |
| Jun 19, 12:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Washington | 11 days |
| Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.