Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2014, 6:56 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 18, 2014, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988
WUUS53 KMPX 182356
SVRMPX
MNC043-190030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0082.140818T2356Z-140819T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
656 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE
EARTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF FARIBAULT
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...FROST...BRUSH CREEK...
BRICELYN AND WALTERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4359 9412 4376 9409 4371 9365 4350 9365
4349 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 282DEG 28KT 4367 9406
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 1:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.