Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT for Chisago County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- May 22, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chisago County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ese Forest Lake, MN | |
| May 22, 3:23 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Ene Forest Lake, MN | |
| May 22, 3:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Chisago City, MN | CAUGHT ON VIDEO NR CR36 AND IVYWOOD TRAIL |
| May 22, 3:42 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Lindstrom, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
191 WFUS53 KMPX 222010 TORMPX MNC025-163-222045- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0019.110522T2010Z-110522T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 310 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 309 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE FOREST LAKE AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF HUGO. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FOREST LAKE... CHISAGO CITY... LINDSTROM... CENTER CITY... SHAFER... 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 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4545 9291 4545 9265 4520 9286 4520 9302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 212DEG 30KT 4523 9296 $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
130 WWUS53 KMPX 222016 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 316 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MNC025-163-222045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/ CHISAGO MN-WASHINGTON MN- 316 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSTATE 35E AND 35W INTERSECTION...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN FOREST LAKE TAKE COVER NOW! LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHISAGO CITY...LINDSTROM...CENTER CITY AND SHAFER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 4545 9291 4545 9265 4520 9286 4520 9302 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 212DEG 30KT 4527 9292 $$ JLT
413 WWUS53 KMPX 222025 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 325 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 MNC163-222038- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/ WASHINGTON MN- 325 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4545 9291 4545 9265 4530 9278 4530 9298 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 204DEG 29KT 4532 9290 $$ MNC025-222045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110522T2045Z/ CHISAGO MN- 325 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 323 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FOREST LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. EARLIER THIS STORM PRODUCED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE INTERSTATE 35E/35W JUNCTION. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CHISAGO CITY...LINDSTROM...CENTER CITY AND SHAFER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 4545 9291 4545 9265 4530 9278 4530 9298 TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 204DEG 29KT 4532 9290 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 45 min |
| May 21, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 51 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 44 min |
| May 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 21, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 61 min |
| May 21, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 61 min |
| May 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| May 21, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 50 min |
| May 21, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 48 min |
| May 21, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 48 min |
| May 21, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 34 min |
| May 21, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Redwood, Watonwan | 62 min |
| May 21, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift | 47 min |
| May 22, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 44 min |
| May 22, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 48 min |
| May 22, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 43 min |
| May 22, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 52 min |
| May 22, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Scott | 52 min |
| May 22, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 67 min |
| May 22, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 36 min |
| May 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 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.