09/12/2014 15:26:00 UTC
An X1.6 flare and wave near Sun Center and a nearly symmetric halo CME on Sept. 10. The ICME at L1 on 12-13 Sept., following two IP shocks, mostly had strong northward field in the putative flux rope (several models produced). The southward fields, which drove the early storm activity, were in the sheaths trailing two IP shocks, the second one being the strongest. The ICME north field rapidly shut down the auroral and storm activity. A STEREO SWx Group event.