Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2010, 5:58 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 6:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Holmes, MN | HAIL OCCURED AT LAKE OSCAR. |
| Jul 10, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sw Farwell, MN | |
| Jul 10, 6:41 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Alexandria, MN | MEASURED AT ALEXANDRIA AIRPORT |
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Lowry, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
382 WFUS53 KMPX 102258 TORMPX MNC041-121-110000- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0054.100710T2258Z-100711T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 558 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 554 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR KENSINGTON...OR OVER KENSINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ALEXANDRIA... GLENWOOD... LOWRY... STARBUCK... LONG BEACH... FORADA... SEDAN... FARWELL... HOLMES... NELSON... VILLARD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4594 9519 4556 9523 4555 9574 4594 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 278DEG 15KT 4577 9565 $$
2 follow-up statements
166 WWUS53 KMPX 102336 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 636 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 MNC041-121-110000- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-100711T0000Z/ DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN- 636 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POPE AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWRY...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...STARBUCK...LOWRY...FORADA...LONG BEACH... SEDAN...VILLARD AND NELSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4594 9519 4556 9523 4555 9574 4594 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 270DEG 10KT 4576 9555 $$
959 WWUS53 KMPX 102341 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 641 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 MNC041-121-110000- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-100711T0000Z/ DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN- 641 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POPE AND SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CYRUS...OR 13 MILES EAST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...STARBUCK...LOWRY...LONG BEACH...FORADA... SEDAN...FARWELL...HOLMES...VILLARD AND NELSON. 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 4594 9519 4556 9523 4555 9574 4594 9575 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 270DEG 10KT 4565 9565 $$
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, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 58 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.