Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 5:44 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 5:45 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
398 WUUS53 KMPX 262244 SVRMPX MNC065-095-262315- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0074.140726T2244Z-140726T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 544 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 539 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MILLE LACS AND WESTERN KANABEC COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF ON OR NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO SHELTER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BOATS CAN BE SWAMPED BY LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 4608 9335 4590 9340 4599 9377 4608 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 273DEG 32KT 4602 9366 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
3 follow-up statements
824 WWUS53 KMPX 262252 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 552 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MNC065-095-262315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140726T2315Z/ KANABEC MN-MILLE LACS MN- 552 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MILLE LACS AND WEST CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 548 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MILLE LACS AND WESTERN KANABEC COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 4598 9371 4607 9367 4608 9335 4590 9340 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 274DEG 29KT 4602 9357 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
408 WWUS53 KMPX 262259 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 559 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 MNC065-095-262315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140726T2315Z/ KANABEC MN-MILLE LACS MN- 559 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS AND WEST CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ONAMIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN MILLE LACS AND WESTERN KANABEC COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 4597 9360 4607 9356 4608 9335 4590 9340 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 274DEG 29KT 4602 9349 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
086
WWUS53 KMPX 262306
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
606 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014
MNC065-095-262315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140726T2315Z/
KANABEC MN-MILLE LACS MN-
606 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL MILLE LACS AND WEST CENTRAL KANABEC COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
KNIFE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.
&&
LAT...LON 4592 9347 4595 9354 4607 9347 4608 9335
4590 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 286DEG 34KT 4598 9339
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JLTThe 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, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 29 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.