Tornado Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 12, 2010, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 12, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Swift County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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430 
WFUS53 KMPX 130002
TORMPX
MNC151-130045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0095.100813T0002Z-100813T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
702 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 700 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF HOLLOWAY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF BIG BEND CITY...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BENSON...
  DANVERS...
  CLONTARF...
  DE GRAFF...
  KERKHOVEN...
  MURDOCK...
  SWIFT FALLS...

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 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 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

&&

LAT...LON 4542 9571 4541 9533 4517 9526 4516 9592
      4525 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 252DEG 41KT 4521 9578

$$

808 
WWUS53 KMPX 130026
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
726 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

MNC151-130045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-100813T0045Z/
SWIFT MN-
726 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...

AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR DE GRAFF...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENSON...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.  THE STORM HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING 
DURING THE LAST 15 MINUTES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KERKHOVEN AND SWIFT FALLS.

LAT...LON 4541 9572 4541 9533 4517 9526 4517 9553
      4535 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 252DEG 41KT 4529 9542

$$

765 
WWUS53 KMPX 130038
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

MNC151-130048-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-100813T0045Z/
SWIFT MN-
738 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SWIFT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4541 9572 4541 9533 4517 9526 4517 9553
      4535 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 252DEG 41KT 4533 9523

$$

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