Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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 20, 2014, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 20, 6:52 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Ssw Philbrook, MN | |
| Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 S Motley, MN | OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN. |
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 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216
WUUS53 KMPX 202348
SVRMPX
MNC097-153-210045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0053.140620T2348Z-140621T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
STAPLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHILBROOK...CUSHING AND RANDALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4626 9437 4599 9440 4616 9494 4628 9489
4631 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 288DEG 18KT 4620 9477
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$4 follow-up statements
915
WWUS53 KMPX 210000
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
MNC097-153-210045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140621T0045Z/
MORRISON MN-TODD MN-
700 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 659 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF STAPLES...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUSHING AND RANDALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4624 9477 4628 9466 4626 9437 4599 9440
4611 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 288DEG 18KT 4618 9468
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$491
WWUS53 KMPX 210014
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
MNC153-210024-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140621T0045Z/
TODD MN-
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TODD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4610 9465 4619 9465 4626 9464 4626 9437
4599 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 288DEG 18KT 4616 9459
$$
MNC097-210045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140621T0045Z/
MORRISON MN-
714 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF
CAMP RIPLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUSHING AND RANDALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4610 9465 4619 9465 4626 9464 4626 9437
4599 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 288DEG 18KT 4616 9459
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$392
WWUS53 KMPX 210025
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
725 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
MNC097-210045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140621T0045Z/
MORRISON MN-
725 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 723 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMP RIPLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RANDALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4612 9463 4620 9459 4623 9455 4624 9439
4599 9440
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 288DEG 18KT 4615 9452
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$959 WWUS53 KMPX 210037 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 737 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 MNC097-210045- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140621T0045Z/ MORRISON MN- 737 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP RIPLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS! && LAT...LON 4611 9449 4617 9449 4624 9439 4599 9440 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 288DEG 18KT 4614 9443 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chisago and 31 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 60 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.