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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2011, 3:06 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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 28, 2011, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carver County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:16 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sw Belle Plaine, MN | REPORTED NEAR COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 169. |
| May 28, 3:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Belle Plaine, MN | REPORTED NEAR COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 169. |
| May 28, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W New Prague, MN | HAIL REPORTED NEAR COUNTRY ROAD 7 AND HIGHWAY 19. |
| May 28, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 8 S Cologne, MN | HAIL OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF BLAKELY. |
| May 28, 3:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W New Prague, MN | HAIL REPORTED NEAR COUNTRY ROAD 7 AND HIGHWAY 19. |
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 28, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WFUS53 KMPX 282006 TORMPX MNC019-079-131-139-143-282045- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0022.110528T2006Z-110528T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 306 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 301 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES EAST OF NEW ROME...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... LE SUEUR... HENDERSON... BELLE PLAINE... JORDAN... NEW PRAGUE... MONTGOMERY... VESELI... LONSDALE... WEBSTER... NEW MARKET... ELKO... CREDIT RIVER... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES... SUPERCELLS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. && LAT...LON 4446 9411 4472 9407 4471 9332 4440 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 273DEG 33KT 4455 9396 $$
2 follow-up statements
364 WWUS53 KMPX 282013 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 313 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 MNC019-079-131-139-143-282045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110528T2045Z/ CARVER MN-SCOTT MN-SIBLEY MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN- 313 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE... NORTHERN LE SUEUR...EASTERN SIBLEY...SCOTT AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 311 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HENDERSON. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDERSON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF LE SUEUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLE PLAINE...JORDAN...NEW PRAGUE...MONTGOMERY...VESELI... LONSDALE...WEBSTER...NEW MARKET...ELKO...CREDIT RIVER... HEIDELBERG...ST BENEDICT...HELENA AND CRYSTAL BAY. LAT...LON 4446 9411 4472 9407 4471 9332 4440 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 273DEG 33KT 4454 9388 $$
478
WWUS53 KMPX 282032
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
332 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
MNC019-143-282045-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110528T2045Z/
CARVER MN-SIBLEY MN-
332 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SIBLEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARVER
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4445 9393 4451 9389 4455 9391 4457 9389
4459 9390 4464 9381 4464 9377 4470 9368
4470 9364 4471 9362 4471 9332 4440 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 273DEG 33KT 4453 9365
$$
MNC079-131-139-282045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110528T2045Z/
SCOTT MN-LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
332 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE...
NORTHERN LE SUEUR AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 329 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR NEW PRAGUE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
PRAGUE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF LE SUEUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION...THIS STORM STILL HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW PRAGUE...MONTGOMERY...VESELI...LONSDALE...WEBSTER...NEW
MARKET...ELKO...CREDIT RIVER...HEIDELBERG...ST BENEDICT...HELENA
AND CRYSTAL BAY.
LAT...LON 4445 9393 4451 9389 4455 9391 4457 9389
4459 9390 4464 9381 4464 9377 4470 9368
4470 9364 4471 9362 4471 9332 4440 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 273DEG 33KT 4453 9365
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley | 7 min |
| May 28, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 34 min |
| May 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 42 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.