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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2025, 8:05 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 14, 2025, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Blue Earth County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
877
WUUS53 KMPX 150105
SVRMPX
MNC013-150130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.250315T0105Z-250315T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
805 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 805 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mapleton, or
15 miles south of Mankato, moving north at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Mankato, North Mankato, Mapleton, Good Thunder, Judson, Skyline
and Minneopa State Park.
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 4419 9414 4416 9408 4416 9406 4415 9405
4416 9404 4417 9400 4418 9401 4418 9402
4420 9401 4420 9402 4421 9402 4422 9403
4422 9402 4423 9402 4424 9398 4389 9390
4387 9401 4419 9421 4420 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 160DEG 48KT 4393 9399
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CTG1 follow-up statement
749
WWUS53 KMPX 150126
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
826 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
MNC013-150136-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250315T0130Z/
Blue Earth MN-
826 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BLUE EARTH COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However, gusty winds are still possible with
this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT
Saturday for a portion of south central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4419 9414 4416 9408 4416 9406 4415 9405
4416 9404 4417 9400 4418 9401 4418 9402
4420 9401 4420 9402 4421 9402 4422 9403
4422 9402 4423 9402 4424 9398 4389 9390
4387 9401 4419 9421 4420 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 160DEG 48KT 4394 9399
$$
CTGThe 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, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.