Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 24, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Kanabec County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 1234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
956
WFUS53 KMPX 242359
TORMPX
MNC065-250030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0025.140824T2359Z-140825T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
659 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN KANABEC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF KNIFE LAKE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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 NORTHERN
KANABEC COUNTY.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 9304 4613 9305 4599 9343 4608 9343
4617 9329 4616 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 235DEG 31KT 4610 9333
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
243
WWUS53 KMPX 250005
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC065-250030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140825T0030Z/
KANABEC MN-
705 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KANABEC
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 704 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF MCGRATH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN KANABEC COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 9304 4613 9305 4601 9337 4609 9341
4617 9329 4616 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 235DEG 31KT 4612 9326
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JRB974
WWUS53 KMPX 250012
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC065-250030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140825T0030Z/
KANABEC MN-
712 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KANABEC
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 709 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MCGRATH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KANABEC COUNTY.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 9308 4606 9336 4609 9341 4617 9329
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 235DEG 31KT 4616 9321
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JRB955 WWUS53 KMPX 250022 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 722 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014 MNC065-250033- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140825T0030Z/ KANABEC MN- 722 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANABEC COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4615 9308 4606 9336 4609 9341 4617 9329 TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 235DEG 31KT 4621 9310 $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 48 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.