Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 14, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | 3 Ne Madelia, MN | Mesonet station MN045 T.h.60 - Madelia - Mp 86. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
936 WUUS53 KMPX 150045 SVRMPX MNC013-165-150115- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.250315T0045Z-250315T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 745 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota... Eastern Watonwan County in south central Minnesota... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Truman, or 12 miles north of Fairmont, moving north at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Lewisville around 755 PM CDT. Madelia around 805 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds. && LAT...LON 4385 9461 4411 9467 4411 9416 4385 9420 TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 176DEG 41KT 4379 9441 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MPG
2 follow-up statements
804 WWUS53 KMPX 150105 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 805 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 MNC013-165-150115- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250315T0115Z/ Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN- 805 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND NORTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES... At 805 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Madelia, or 20 miles south of New Ulm, moving north at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near... Lewisville around 755 PM CDT. Madelia around 810 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds. && LAT...LON 4392 9456 4411 9467 4411 9416 4392 9419 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 180DEG 40KT 4380 9438 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ MPG
237 WWUS53 KMPX 150112 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 812 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 MNC013-165-150122- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250315T0115Z/ Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN- 812 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND NORTHEASTERN WATONWAN COUNTIES... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect until 830pm for central Blue Earth county. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT Saturday for a portion of south central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4392 9456 4411 9467 4411 9416 4392 9419 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 180DEG 40KT 4403 9438 $$ MPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 3:37 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Redwood and 6 more | 12 hr |
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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.