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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 394
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 30 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 30%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Steele, Traill | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Norman | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Wadena | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 1:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aitkin, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd | 60 min |
| Jul 6, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 10 more | 85 min |
| Jul 6, 5:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 5 more | 26 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn and 14 more | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman | 66 min |
| Jul 6, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Renville and 2 more | 93 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 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.