Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2014, 1:40 PM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2014, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
962
WUUS53 KMPX 281840
SVRMPX
MNC085-143-281915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0054.140628T1840Z-140628T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
140 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 138 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
GAYLORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK AROUND 205 PM CDT.
GLENCOE AROUND 210 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FERNANDO...NEW AUBURN...
BROWNTON...SUMTER AND BISCAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4449 9455 4489 9437 4481 9408 4446 9430
4446 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 201DEG 32KT 4455 9439
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$3 follow-up statements
606 WWUS53 KMPX 281850 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 MNC085-143-281915- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-140628T1915Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SIBLEY AND SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 147 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAYLORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK AROUND 205 PM CDT. GLENCOE AROUND 210 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW AUBURN...BROWNTON...SUMTER AND BISCAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4461 9450 4489 9437 4481 9408 4453 9426 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 201DEG 32KT 4463 9434 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
025 WWUS53 KMPX 281859 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 159 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 MNC085-143-281915- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-140628T1915Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 159 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SIBLEY AND CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 157 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MARION REGIONAL PARK AROUND 205 PM CDT. GLENCOE AROUND 210 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMTER AND BISCAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4469 9446 4489 9437 4481 9408 4462 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 201DEG 32KT 4470 9430 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$
196 WWUS53 KMPX 281906 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 MNC085-143-281917- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-140628T1915Z/ MCLEOD MN-SIBLEY MN- 206 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SIBLEY AND CENTRAL MCLEOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4469 9446 4489 9437 4481 9408 4462 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 201DEG 32KT 4477 9426 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 16 min |
| Jun 28, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 50 min |
| Jun 28, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 117 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.