Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2014, 8:58 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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
- May 7, 2014, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 E Mankato, MN | TIME ESTIMATED |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 S Mankato, MN | |
| May 7, 9:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mankato, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 523 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
443 WUUS53 KMPX 080158 SVRMPX MNC013-079-103-080300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0007.140508T0158Z-140508T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WEST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 855 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MANKATO AROUND 905 PM CDT. ST PETER AROUND 930 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE EAGLE LAKE...NORTH MANKATO... MANKATO AIRPORT...KASOTA AND OTTAWA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES. && LAT...LON 4443 9413 4443 9376 4401 9384 4401 9409 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 180DEG 27KT 4411 9396 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$
2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 080205
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
MNC013-079-103-080300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140508T0300Z/
LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
905 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BLUE EARTH...EASTERN NICOLLET AND WEST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 904 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANKATO...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ST PETER AROUND 925 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MANKATO AIRPORT...KASOTA...
CLEVELAND AND OTTAWA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE
TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4443 9413 4443 9376 4401 9384 4401 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 180DEG 27KT 4416 9396
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$396
WWUS53 KMPX 080213
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
913 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
MNC013-079-103-080300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140508T0300Z/
LE SUEUR MN-NICOLLET MN-BLUE EARTH MN-
913 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BLUE EARTH...EASTERN NICOLLET AND WEST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE
CITY OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN BLUE
EARTH COUNTY AND MAY START TO PRODUCE SEVERE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AS
THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ST PETER AROUND 930 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KASOTA...CLEVELAND...OTTAWA
AND ST HENRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE
TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4443 9413 4443 9376 4401 9384 4401 9409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 189DEG 24KT 4419 9393
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 55 min |
| May 7, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 58 min |
| May 7, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 68 min |
| May 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 48 min |
| May 7, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 38 min |
| May 7, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 49 min |
| May 8, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 43 min |
| May 8, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 43 min |
| May 8, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 35 min |
| May 8, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 52 min |
| May 8, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 40 min |
| May 8, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 32 min |
| May 8, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 23 min |
| May 8, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 46 min |
| May 8, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 43 min |
| May 8, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 25 min |
| May 8, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 42 min |
| May 8, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 42 min |
| May 8, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 48 min |
| May 8, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 42 min |
| May 8, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 29 min |
| May 8, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 23 min |
| May 8, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 37 min |
| May 8, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 34 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 31 min |
| May 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 33 min |
| May 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 24 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 23 min |
| May 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 52 min |
| May 8, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Steele | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 35 min |
| May 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 41 min |
| May 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 31 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.