Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2014, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 1, 2:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 S Glenville, 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
400
WFUS53 KMPX 011845
TORMPX
MNC047-011915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0010.140601T1845Z-140601T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
145 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CDT
* AT 143 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
FREEBORN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...MYRTLE...GLENVILLE...AND LONDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4359 9342 4369 9305 4369 9304 4362 9303
4350 9304 4349 9305 4350 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 251DEG 22KT 4353 9326
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
578
WWUS53 KMPX 011853
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
153 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
MNC047-011915-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140601T1915Z/
FREEBORN MN-
153 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 150 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYRTLE AND LONDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9327 4357 9326 4365 9305 4350 9304
4349 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 251DEG 20KT 4354 9319
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$147
WWUS53 KMPX 011901
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
201 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
MNC047-011915-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140601T1915Z/
FREEBORN MN-
201 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 158 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTHWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9322 4357 9322 4365 9305 4350 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 254DEG 17KT 4355 9316
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Stearns | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 82 min |
| Jun 1, 11:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 4 hr |
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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.