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 Jul 22, 2014, 12:11 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 79 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
- Jul 22, 2014, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:57 AM CDT | HAIL 2 | Ogilvie, MN |
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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 3298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
581
WWUS83 KMPX 220511
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1211 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014
MNZ043>045-049-050-052-220630-
BENTON-ISANTI-KANABEC-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-STEARNS-
1211 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2014
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BENTON...ISANTI...KANABEC...MILLE
LACS...MORRISON AND STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CDT...
AT 1209 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES EAST OF CAMP
RIPLEY TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS TO 10 MILES EAST OF
ALBANY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BUCKMAN.
HARDING.
MORRILL.
MAYHEW.
VINELAND.
LAKE MILLE LACS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4
AM CDT.
&&
LAT...LON 4624 9342 4616 9341 4616 9306 4597 9309
4597 9313 4556 9315 4555 9454 4585 9423
4616 9418 4616 9383 4624 9382 4625 9380
4626 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 259DEG 48KT 4610 9405 4587 9409
4560 9434
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.