Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2010, 6:54 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Revere, MN | AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED WITH A PATH LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES. A GRAIN BIN AND TWO SHEDS WERE DESTROYED. A PORTION OF A BARN ROOF WAS PEELED AWAY. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOUSE...AND A COUPLE HUNDRED TREES |
| Jun 25, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lamberton, MN | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO BETWEEN LAMBERTON AND REVERE |
| Jun 25, 7:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Revere, MN | WRAPPED IN RAIN, CONE, 5 MILES EAST OF WALNUT GROVE |
| Jun 25, 7:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 11 N Storden, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
819
WFUS53 KMPX 252354
TORMPX
MNC015-127-260045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0040.100625T2354Z-100626T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
654 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 650 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WALNUT GROVE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF REVERE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
REVERE...
LAMBERTON...
SANBORN...
CLEMENTS...
SPRINGFIELD...
COMFREY...
WANDA...
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 4411 9509 4420 9511 4419 9558 4439 9559
4438 9489 4411 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 280DEG 31KT 4430 9536
$$1 follow-up statement
337
WWUS53 KMPX 252359
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
659 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
MNC015-127-260045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-100626T0045Z/
REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-
659 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BROWN AND
SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 654 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REVERE...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD
FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEMENTS...SANBORN AND SPRINGFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4411 9509 4420 9511 4419 9558 4439 9559
4438 9489 4411 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 293DEG 31KT 4422 9526
$$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, 6:28 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 |
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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.