Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 5:41 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 7, 2014, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carver County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glencoe, MN | POWER OUT IN TOWN |
| Jul 7, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Green Isle, MN | 3 TO 4 INCH BRANCH ACROSS ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474
WUUS53 KMPX 072241
SVRMPX
MNC019-079-085-103-139-143-072330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0060.140707T2241Z-140707T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
541 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 538 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF GLENCOE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GAYLORD TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW ULM...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST PETER...SHAKOPEE...WACONIA...MN VALLEY STATE REC AREA...
VICTORIA...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...NEW SWEDEN...NEW ROME...NEW
GERMANY...HOLLYWOOD...HAMBURG...NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...MAYER...
RUSH RIVER...COLOGNE...LAKE WACONIA...NORSELAND...BELLE PLAINE AND
HENDERSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4438 9451 4463 9421 4497 9421 4494 9376
4489 9376 4489 9352 4480 9351 4461 9355
4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9401 4462 9399
4439 9436
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD4 follow-up statements
499
WWUS53 KMPX 072254
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
554 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
MNC085-072304-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
MCLEOD MN-
554 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4437 9439 4465 9405 4472 9404 4472 9401
4483 9402 4495 9399 4494 9376 4489 9376
4489 9353 4480 9351 4461 9355 4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9383 4462 9382
4439 9419
$$
MNC019-079-103-139-143-072330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
CARVER MN-LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-
554 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
SIBLEY...WESTERN SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN NICOLLET...WESTERN LE SUEUR AND
CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 553 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF WACONIA TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MN
VALLEY STATE REC AREA TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF GAYLORD...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST PETER...SHAKOPEE...WACONIA...MN VALLEY STATE REC AREA...
VICTORIA...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...RUSH RIVER...COLOGNE...LAKE
WACONIA...NORSELAND...BELLE PLAINE...HENDERSON...LE SUEUR...CARVER...
JORDAN...OTTAWA...ST BENEDICT...NWS CHANHASSEN AND MARYSTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4437 9439 4465 9405 4472 9404 4472 9401
4483 9402 4495 9399 4494 9376 4489 9376
4489 9353 4480 9351 4461 9355 4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9383 4462 9382
4439 9419
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD666
WWUS53 KMPX 072304
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
604 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
MNC019-079-103-139-143-072330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
CARVER MN-LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-
604 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
SIBLEY...WESTERN SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN NICOLLET...WESTERN LE SUEUR AND
SOUTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 601 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF LAKE MINNETONKA TO MN VALLEY STATE REC
AREA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST PETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST PETER...SHAKOPEE...VICTORIA...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...LE SUEUR...
CARVER...JORDAN...OTTAWA...ST BENEDICT...NWS CHANHASSEN...
MARYSTOWN...HELENA...ST THOMAS...CLEVELAND AND ST HENRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4436 9426 4457 9398 4470 9387 4480 9386
4490 9380 4489 9353 4480 9351 4461 9355
4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9369 4462 9369
4439 9406
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD507
WWUS53 KMPX 072314
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
614 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
MNC103-143-072324-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
NICOLLET MN-SIBLEY MN-
614 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4432 9395 4434 9393 4436 9396 4440 9395
4465 9370 4489 9365 4489 9354 4479 9351
4461 9355 4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9355 4462 9356
4439 9393
$$
MNC019-079-139-072330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
CARVER MN-LE SUEUR MN-SCOTT MN-
614 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
SCOTT...WESTERN LE SUEUR AND SOUTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 630
PM CDT...
AT 612 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LAKE MINNETONKA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW PRAGUE TO ST
PETER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHAKOPEE...ST THOMAS...CLEVELAND AND ST HENRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4432 9395 4434 9393 4436 9396 4440 9395
4465 9370 4489 9365 4489 9354 4479 9351
4461 9355 4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9355 4462 9356
4439 9393
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD246
WWUS53 KMPX 072321
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
MNC019-079-139-072331-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140707T2330Z/
CARVER MN-LE SUEUR MN-SCOTT MN-
621 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SCOTT...WESTERN LE
SUEUR AND SOUTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT IN
SCOTT AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 4432 9395 4434 9393 4436 9396 4440 9395
4465 9370 4489 9365 4489 9354 4479 9351
4461 9355 4429 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 270DEG 34KT 4496 9345 4462 9347
4439 9384
$$
SPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott, Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Washington | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Washington | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014
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.