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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2014Redwood County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT for Redwood County, Yellow Medicine 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
Jun 18, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Redwood County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-493 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

617 
WFUS53 KMPX 190236
TORMPX
MNC127-173-190315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0014.140619T0236Z-140619T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
936 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  YELLOW MEDICINE AND WEST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WOOD LAKE AND HANLEY FALLS.

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 4476 9563 4472 9541 4443 9548 4443 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 181DEG 22KT 4449 9556

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
806 
WWUS53 KMPX 190254
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
954 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC127-173-190315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140619T0315Z/
REDWOOD MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
954 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW
MEDICINE AND WEST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 952 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
WOOD LAKE AND HANLEY FALLS.

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 4445 9548 4445 9559 4476 9563 4472 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 182DEG 14KT 4454 9556

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
351 
WWUS53 KMPX 190255
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
955 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNC127-173-190315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140619T0315Z/
REDWOOD MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
955 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW
MEDICINE AND WEST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 955 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTONWOOD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
WOOD LAKE AND HANLEY FALLS.

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 4445 9548 4445 9559 4476 9563 4472 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 182DEG 14KT 4455 9556

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 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, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift54 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

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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.