Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 6:28 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Brown County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lake Crystal, MN | ONE HOUSE ROOF ALMOST OFF, ANOTHER WITH NUMEROUS SHINGLES MISSING |
| Jun 25, 6:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Lake Crystal, MN | SHED DESTROYED AND TRUCK LIFTED |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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.
610 WFUS53 KMPX 252328 TORMPX MNC013-015-103-260015- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0038.100625T2328Z-100626T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 628 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 622 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HANSKA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF COURTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NORTH MANKATO... LAKE CRYSTAL... SKYLINE... 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. 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 MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4422 9400 4404 9399 4415 9463 4429 9464 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 274DEG 27KT 4428 9434 $$
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, 5:33 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, 6:30 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.