Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 14, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- May 22, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
County Fillmore County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Granger, MN | TORNADO ON GROUND. |
| May 22, 3:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | N Harmony, MN | DAMAGE TO SILOS...ROOFS. 1/2 N OF HARMONY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WFUS53 KARX 222021
TORARX
MNC045-222045-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0014.110522T2021Z-110522T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
321 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 315 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES
WEST OF HARMONY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR
FILLMORE COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARMONY AROUND 325 PM...
HENRYTOWN AND AMHERST AROUND 330 PM...
NEWBURG AROUND 335 PM...
TAWNEY AND CHOICE AROUND 340 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4372 9173 4358 9174 4350 9213 4350 9214
4357 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 248DEG 39KT 4356 9206
$$
BOYNE3 follow-up statements
895
WWUS53 KARX 222027
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
327 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC045-222045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/
FILLMORE MN-
327 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR HARMONY IN SOUTHEAST FILLMORE COUNTY...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE
COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 325 PM CDT...SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT A TORNADO IS ON THE
GROUND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH TOWARD HARMONY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HENRYTOWN AND AMHERST AROUND 330 PM...
NEWBURG AROUND 335 PM...
TAWNEY AND CHOICE AROUND 340 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4372 9173 4358 9174 4350 9213 4350 9214
4357 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 248DEG 39KT 4358 9199
$$
BOYNE747 WWUS53 KARX 222031 RRA SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 331 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MNC045-222045- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/ FILLMORE MN- 331 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HENRYTOWN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TAWNEY AND CHOICE AROUND 340 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. && LAT...LON 4372 9173 4358 9174 4353 9198 4363 9200 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 248DEG 39KT 4361 9189 $$ BOYNE
130 WWUS53 KARX 222039 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 339 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MNC045-222045- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/ FILLMORE MN- 339 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR TAWNEY...OR 13 MILES EAST OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. && LAT...LON 4354 9193 4364 9196 4372 9173 4358 9174 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 248DEG 39KT 4363 9182 $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 57 min |
| May 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 57 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 62 min |
| May 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 37 min |
| May 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 29 min |
| May 22, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Houston | 29 min |
| May 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 66 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.