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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2010Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 S Frost, MN
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 612 Ne Blue Earth, MNPLUS 1 INCH HAIL
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 612 Ne Blue Earth, MN
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTHAIL 12 Ne Blue Earth, MN
Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Se Blue Earth, MN
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 S Mansfield, MN
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDTTORNADO15 W Kiester, MNWITH DEBRIS
Jun 17, 6:10 PM CDTTORNADO2 Sw Kiester, MNNWS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens25 min
Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas49 min
Jun 17, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Todd90 min
Jun 17, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd61 min
Jun 17, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Swift55 min
Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens63 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas39 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas20 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley47 min
Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas30 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley40 min
Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan50 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Renville61 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan37 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns52 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley54 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley34 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin59 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd59 min
Jun 17, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Watonwan50 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright47 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright43 min
Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault25 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright53 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne55 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca65 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Wright47 min
Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca28 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet25 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne51 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Sibley31 min
Jun 17, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn49 min
Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns17 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Watonwan60 min
Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne, Wright42 min
Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs53 min
Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville24 min
Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd30 min
Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet29 min
Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Waseca62 min
Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright55 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Waseca39 min
Jun 17, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet33 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele46 min
Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXIsanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne41 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSherburne34 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.