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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 31, 2014Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2014, 4:58 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 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
Mar 31, 2014, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 5:02 PM CDTHAIL 0.753 Nw Watson, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 12:00Z on 2014-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
335 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.

664 
WFUS53 KMPX 312158
TORMPX
MNC023-073-312215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0003.140331T2158Z-140331T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
458 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 454 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAC QUI PARLE STATE PARK...AND MOVING
  NORTHWEST 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 EAST CENTRAL
  LAC QUI PARLE AND WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES.

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 4509 9599 4511 9581 4494 9576 4494 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 156DEG 24KT 4501 9587

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
198 
WWUS53 KMPX 312210
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
510 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

MNC023-073-312215-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T2215Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-
510 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA AND
EAST CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL
515 PM CDT...

AT 503 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAC QUI PARLE STATE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHWEST 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME WESTERN CHIPPEWA 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4509 9599 4511 9581 4502 9580 4498 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 156DEG 24KT 4507 9591

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDTBlizzard WarningMPXChippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more9 hr
Mar 31, 4:06 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Morrison and 6 more27 hr
Mar 31, 4:17 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, McLeod and 10 more29 hr
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine26 min
Mar 31, 4:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXYellow Medicine17 min
Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXLac qui Parle20 min
Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa27 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi23 min
Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley24 min
Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley21 min
Mar 31, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod20 min
Mar 31, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele39 min
Mar 31, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker36 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.