Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 3:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 25, 2010, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2010, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Renville County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:32 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 W Clara City, MN |
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 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WFUS53 KMPX 252035 TORMPX MNC023-073-129-173-252130- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0032.100625T2035Z-100625T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTH CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 332 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES EAST OF DAWSON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MONTEVIDEO... GRANITE FALLS... CLARKFIELD... WATSON... MINNESOTA FALLS... MAYNARD... GLUEK... SACRED HEART... CLARA CITY... ASBURY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4514 9526 4471 9528 4483 9617 4505 9619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 256DEG 31KT 4494 9594 $$
1 follow-up statement
398
WWUS53 KMPX 252112
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
412 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
MNC023-073-129-173-252130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-100625T2130Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-CHIPPEWA MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-RENVILLE MN-
412 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE
COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND NORTH CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE...
CHIPPEWA AND EAST CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WATSON AND MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS...GLUEK...MAYNARD...CLARA CITY...
MINNESOTA FALLS...SACRED HEART AND ASBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4492 9583 4507 9592 4514 9526 4471 9528
4473 9546 4478 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 259DEG 25KT 4497 9575
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 68 min |
| Jun 25, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Redwood and 4 more | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Sherburne, Stearns and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Wright | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Stearns, Swift | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 51 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.