Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2014, 1:05 AM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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 19, 2014, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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 19, 1:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winthrop, MN | POWER OUTAGES DUE TO STRONG WINDS REPORTED WITH DIME SIZE HAIL. |
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 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 60 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.
013
WUUS53 KMPX 190605
SVRMPX
MNC085-143-190700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0050.140619T0605Z-140619T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
105 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 103 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK TO 8
MILES WEST OF GAYLORD TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW ULM...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...
GAYLORD...NEW SWEDEN AND NEW AUBURN.
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 4476 9416 4466 9411 4446 9413 4446 9444
4456 9445 4464 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 242DEG 16KT 4463 9440 4456 9437
4444 9437
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
987
WWUS53 KMPX 190635
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
135 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
MNC085-143-190700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-140619T0700Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-
135 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SIBLEY
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 134 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENCOE TO GAYLORD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW AUBURN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4447 9433 4458 9431 4468 9437 4476 9416
4466 9411 4446 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 244DEG 16KT 4469 9425 4462 9422
4450 9422
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF632
WWUS53 KMPX 190650
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
150 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
MNC085-143-190700-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-140619T0700Z/
MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN-
150 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SIBLEY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4447 9433 4458 9431 4468 9437 4476 9416
4466 9411 4446 9413
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 244DEG 16KT 4472 9417 4465 9414
4453 9414
$$
BORGHOFFThe 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, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 50 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.