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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 131
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 8, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 37 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Becker County, MN, Benton County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pine County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Barron County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 10%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 50%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota and 25 more | 87 min |
| May 8, 3:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson and 15 more | 119 min |
| May 8, 12:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault and 24 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 31 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood and 29 more | 94 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 2014Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.