Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2014, 5:49 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2014, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 1234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255
WUUS53 KMPX 242249
SVRMPX
MNC171-242330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0094.140824T2249Z-140824T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
549 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 546 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BUFFALO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...BUFFALO AIRPORT...MONTICELLO...ST MICHAEL AND
ALBERTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4530 9377 4530 9357 4529 9355 4527 9355
4525 9352 4522 9355 4521 9364 4519 9365
4517 9364 4500 9388 4510 9404 4532 9381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 225DEG 31KT 4512 9388
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
937
WWUS53 KMPX 242312
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC171-242330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-140824T2330Z/
WRIGHT MN-
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
WRIGHT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ELK RIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4532 9381 4530 9377 4530 9357 4529 9355
4527 9355 4525 9352 4522 9357 4520 9388
4528 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 228DEG 33KT 4527 9369
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JC109
WWUS53 KMPX 242329
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
629 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC171-242339-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-140824T2330Z/
WRIGHT MN-
629 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4532 9381 4530 9377 4530 9357 4529 9355
4527 9355 4525 9352 4522 9357 4520 9388
4528 9386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 228DEG 33KT 4537 9352
$$
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.