Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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
- May 19, 2014, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 1481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
994 WWUS83 KMPX 191921 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 221 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 MNZ060-062-063-070-192000- DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- 221 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2014 AT 219 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MSP INTL AIRPORT. FORT SNELLING. LILYDALE. ST PAUL AIRPORT. ST PAUL BATTLECREEK REGIONAL PARK. WOODBURY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 4508 9283 4483 9280 4478 9334 4496 9340 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 256DEG 34KT 4489 9324 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 46 min |
| May 19, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 36 min |
| May 19, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 52 min |
| May 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 55 min |
| May 19, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Washington | 73 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 79 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.