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 Jun 14, 2014, 7:13 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 14, 2014, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | New London, MN | DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
815 WWUS83 KMPX 150013 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 713 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MNZ049-057-150100- KANDIYOHI-STEARNS- 713 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CDT... AT 709 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIBLEY STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GREEN LAKE. HAWICK. GEORGEVILLE. REGAL. LAKE HENRY. SPRING HILL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. && LAT...LON 4561 9492 4560 9459 4515 9488 4521 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 208DEG 30KT 4525 9491 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 81 min |
| Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 113 min |
| Jun 14, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 18 days |
| Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 13 days |
| Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 9 days |
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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.