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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2014, 7:21 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 14.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802
WFUS53 KMPX 250021
TORMPX
MNC095-250045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.140825T0021Z-140825T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
721 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 717 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONAMIA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 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 NORTHERN
MILLE LACS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WAHKON.
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 4615 9350 4598 9351 4590 9376 4591 9377
4592 9377 4595 9377 4596 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 231DEG 28KT 4594 9374
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
046
WWUS53 KMPX 250031
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC095-250045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140825T0045Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
731 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF ONAMIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAHKON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 9350 4598 9351 4590 9376 4591 9377
4592 9377 4595 9377 4596 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 241DEG 25KT 4597 9365
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JRB492
WWUS53 KMPX 250041
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
741 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
MNC095-250051-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140825T0045Z/
MILLE LACS MN-
741 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4615 9350 4598 9351 4590 9376 4591 9377
4592 9377 4595 9377 4596 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 241DEG 25KT 4600 9356
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 43 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.