Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2010, 5:02 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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
- Jul 10, 2010, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Evansville, MN | |
| Jul 10, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sw Millerville, MN | |
| Jul 10, 5:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Brandon, MN | HAIL OCCURED AT COUNTY RD 8. |
| Jul 10, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Holmes, MN | HAIL OCCURED AT LAKE OSCAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
168 WFUS53 KMPX 102202 TORMPX MNC041-102300- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0052.100710T2202Z-100710T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 502 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 459 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELBY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ERDAHL...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA... MELBY... KENSINGTON... EVANSVILLE... BRANDON... MILLERVILLE... GARFIELD... FORADA... MILTONA... HOLMES... LEAF VALLEY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4610 9525 4577 9536 4576 9575 4611 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 265DEG 23KT 4597 9587 $$
2 follow-up statements
081 WWUS53 KMPX 102225 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 525 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 MNC041-102300- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-100710T2300Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 525 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANSVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA...EVANSVILLE...BRANDON...MILLERVILLE...GARFIELD... MILTONA...FORADA...HOLMES AND LEAF VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4610 9525 4577 9536 4576 9575 4611 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 265DEG 23KT 4600 9571 $$
021 WWUS53 KMPX 102238 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 538 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 MNC041-102300- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-100710T2300Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 538 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOFFMAN...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA...MELBY...KENSINGTON...EVANSVILLE...BRANDON... GARFIELD...FORADA...MILLERVILLE...MILTONA...HOLMES AND LEAF VALLEY. 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 4610 9525 4577 9536 4576 9575 4611 9576 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 270DEG 12KT 4579 9577 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 19 min |
| Jul 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 41 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.