Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2010, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Mankato, MN | SCATTERED TREES DOWN BLOCKING INTERSECTION WARREN AND HIGHLAND. |
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 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WFUS53 KMPX 270145 TORMPX MNC013-103-270215- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0047.100627T0145Z-100627T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 842 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES WEST OF NORTH MANKATO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MANKATO... NORTH MANKATO... EAGLE LAKE... ST CLAIR... PEMBERTON... 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. && LAT...LON 4416 9378 4392 9378 4412 9425 4428 9412 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 299DEG 42KT 4415 9407 $$
2 follow-up statements
799 WWUS53 KMPX 270206 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 906 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 MNC103-270214- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100627T0215Z/ NICOLLET MN- 906 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4416 9378 4392 9378 4406 9407 4419 9397 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 297DEG 34KT 4408 9386 $$ MNC013-270215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100627T0215Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 906 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BLUE EARTH COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST CLAIR...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 855 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER THE CITY OF MANKATO. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PEMBERTON. LAT...LON 4416 9378 4392 9378 4406 9407 4419 9397 TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 297DEG 34KT 4408 9386 $$
432 WWUS53 KMPX 270214 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 914 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 MNC013-270224- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-100627T0215Z/ BLUE EARTH MN- 914 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BLUE EARTH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM. LAT...LON 4416 9378 4392 9378 4406 9407 4419 9397 TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 297DEG 34KT 4403 9375 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 84 min |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Carver | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 82 min |
| Jun 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 9 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 8 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 11 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 11 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 3 days |
| Jun 27, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 49 hr |
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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.