Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2014Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2014, 8:21 AM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 19, 2014, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

946 
WWUS83 KMPX 191321
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
821 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

MNZ055-056-064-191415-
CHIPPEWA-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
821 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CHIPPEWA...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE 
COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

AT 819 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LAC QUI
PARLE STATE PARK TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CLARKFIELD.
  HAZEL RUN.
  MILAN.
  MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.
  HAGEN.
  DANVERS.

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 4541 9584 4542 9574 4577 9574 4542 9573
      4541 9552 4537 9549 4462 9569 4463 9574
      4481 9586 4489 9585 4489 9574 4494 9574
      4495 9581 4499 9582 4506 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 191DEG 35KT 4498 9588 4474 9573

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood38 min
Jun 18, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 18, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown50 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood40 min
Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine35 min
Jun 18, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXYellow Medicine8 hr
Jun 18, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine30 min
Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine50 min
Jun 18, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle54 min
Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver12 days
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown52 min
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood4 hr
Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley55 min
Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington2 hr
Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott113 min
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville43 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin6 hr
Jun 19, 7:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Carver, Chippewa, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet and 6 more3 days
Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle70 min
Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXScott3 days
Jun 19, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle53 min
Jun 19, 8:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 4 more3 days
Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more2 hr
Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWright11 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington16 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Washington17 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWashington11 days
Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Martin, Watonwan60 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXPope, Swift35 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens45 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXChippewa, Renville35 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXSwift48 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.