Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 5:16 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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 26, 2014, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Onamia, MN | |
| Jul 26, 5:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Nw Onamia, MN | |
| Jul 26, 5:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Onamia, MN | 1 INCH HAIL ALONG HWY 169 NEAR ONAMIA |
| Jul 26, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Onamia, MN | |
| Jul 26, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Onamia, MN | LATE REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
489 WUUS53 KMPX 262216 SVRMPX MNC095-262245- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0073.140726T2216Z-140726T2245Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 516 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLE LACS KATHIO STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BAYVIEW... WAHKON AND ISLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4615 9343 4598 9344 4605 9380 4614 9380 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 274DEG 28KT 4611 9370 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
519 WWUS53 KMPX 262223 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MNC095-262245- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-140726T2245Z/ MILLE LACS MN- 523 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 518 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WAHKON AND ISLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4615 9343 4598 9344 4605 9380 4614 9380 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 274DEG 28KT 4611 9362 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
505 WWUS53 KMPX 262232 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MNC095-262245- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-140726T2245Z/ MILLE LACS MN- 532 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 526 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST MORRISON COUNTY WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY WARNED AREA. THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALSO. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ISLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4615 9343 4598 9344 4605 9380 4614 9380 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 278DEG 26KT 4609 9355 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 17 min |
| Jul 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.