Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2010, 5:28 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 8 reports 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
- Jun 17, 2010, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 S Frost, MN | |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Ne Blue Earth, MN | PLUS 1 INCH HAIL |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Ne Blue Earth, MN | |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Blue Earth, MN | |
| Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Se Blue Earth, MN | |
| Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Mansfield, MN | |
| Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 W Kiester, MN | WITH DEBRIS |
| Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Kiester, MN | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-2 TORNADO OCCURRED WITH A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES. DAMAGE INCLUDED THE DESTRUCTION OF MULTIPLE GRAIN BINS AND TO MANY LARGE TREES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WFUS53 KMPX 172228 RRA TORMPX MNC043-047-172300- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0013.100617T2228Z-100617T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 528 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN ELMORE AND BLUE EARTH. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BRICELYN... KIESTER... BRUSH CREEK... WELLS... ALDEN... FREEBORN... WALTERS... MANSFIELD... EASTON... BARODA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4383 9396 4384 9351 4351 9360 4350 9419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 215DEG 37KT 4361 9399 $$
1 follow-up statement
540 WWUS53 KMPX 172247 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 547 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 MNC043-047-172300- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100617T2300Z/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 547 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN FREEBORN AND FARIBAULT COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRICELYN...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRICELYN...KIESTER...BRUSH CREEK...WELLS...ALDEN...FREEBORN... WALTERS...BARODA...MANSFIELD AND EASTON. LAT...LON 4383 9396 4384 9351 4351 9360 4350 9419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 225DEG 26KT 4357 9388 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 90 min |
| Jun 17, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Swift | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Watonwan | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 34 min |
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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.