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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2014Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood38 min
Jun 18, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 18, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown50 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood40 min
Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine35 min
Jun 18, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXYellow Medicine8 hr
Jun 18, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine30 min
Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle54 min
Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver12 days
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown52 min
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood4 hr
Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley55 min
Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington2 hr
Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott113 min
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville43 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin6 hr
Jun 19, 7:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Carver, Chippewa, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet and 6 more3 days
Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle70 min
Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXScott3 days
Jun 19, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle53 min
Jun 19, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift54 min
Jun 19, 8:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 4 more3 days
Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more2 hr
Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWright11 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington16 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Washington17 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWashington11 days
Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Martin, Watonwan60 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXPope, Swift35 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens45 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXChippewa, Renville35 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXSwift48 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope52 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.