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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 25, 20106 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 5:03 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 25, 2010, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 5:28 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 S Fairfax, MN
Jun 25, 5:29 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 S Fairfax, MN
Jun 25, 5:40 PM CDTHAIL 4.255 S Fairfax, MNHWY 4 AND COUNTY ROAD 5

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 25, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2010-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

907 
WFUS53 KMPX 252203
TORMPX
MNC015-103-127-129-143-173-252230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0035.100625T2203Z-100625T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
503 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  NORTH CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STORMS CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 5 
MILES EAST OF BECHYN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FAIRFAX...
  HECTOR...
  BUFFALO LAKE...
  ST GEORGE...
  GIBBON...

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 4474 9449 4444 9450 4432 9468 4429 9488
      4428 9519 4441 9538 4479 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 262DEG 34KT 4470 9492

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Morrison, Todd68 min
Jun 25, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens60 min
Jun 25, 8:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens51 min
Jun 25, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift65 min
Jun 25, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift39 min
Jun 25, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood, Renville60 min
Jun 25, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec56 min
Jun 25, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Sibley53 min
Jun 25, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet55 min
Jun 25, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Redwood and 4 more63 min
Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift59 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine55 min
Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift54 min
Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns, Wright55 min
Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi57 min
Jun 25, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi49 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Renville49 min
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Sherburne, Stearns and 1 more60 min
Jun 25, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns33 min
Jun 25, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Wright67 min
Jun 25, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley54 min
Jun 25, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Stearns, Swift59 min
Jun 25, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley42 min
Jun 25, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 25, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington54 min
Jun 25, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright42 min
Jun 25, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan55 min
Jun 25, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley52 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright63 min
Jun 25, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington3 hr
Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet47 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey60 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood56 min
Jun 25, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin24 min
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet53 min
Jun 25, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood51 min

Nearby

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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.