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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 5:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 9 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 25, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 5 S Fairfax, MN | HWY 4 AND COUNTY ROAD 5 |
| Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | New Ulm, MN | |
| Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | N New Ulm, MN | |
| Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Nw New Ulm, MN | |
| Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Se St George, MN | |
| Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw New Ulm, MN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-2 TORNADO OCCURRED WITH A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE. CONSIDERATE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ONE FARMSTEAD INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF A BARN AND SEVERE DENTING OF A HARVESTORE SILO. |
| Jun 25, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 S Gibbon, MN | |
| Jun 25, 6:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Lafayette, MN | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO |
| Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 Se St George, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
585 WFUS53 KMPX 252233 TORMPX MNC015-103-127-129-143-252315- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0036.100625T2233Z-100625T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 533 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 532 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRFAX. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEW ULM... FAIRFAX... ST GEORGE... GIBBON... LAFAYETTE... KLOSSNER... WINTHROP... COURTLAND... 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 4456 9429 4425 9432 4434 9486 4457 9489 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 273DEG 20KT 4446 9477 $$
1 follow-up statement
578 WWUS53 KMPX 252254 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 554 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 MNC015-103-127-129-143-252315- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-100625T2315Z/ RENVILLE MN-SIBLEY MN-REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-NICOLLET MN- 554 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NICOLLET... NORTHEASTERN BROWN...REDWOOD...SOUTHWESTERN SIBLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST GEORGE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW ULM...ST GEORGE...GIBBON...KLOSSNER...LAFAYETTE...WINTHROP AND COURTLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4456 9429 4425 9432 4434 9486 4457 9489 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 262DEG 24KT 4440 9462 $$
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, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 55 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, 5:37 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.