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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2011, 7:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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, 2011, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Starbuck, MN | SCATTERED LARGE UP TO 30 DIAMETER TREES. |
| Jul 10, 7:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Glenwood, MN | EIGHT INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. |
| Jul 10, 7:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 76 | Glenwood, MN | MEASURED AT GLENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. |
| Jul 10, 8:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 Se Georgeville, 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, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780
WFUS53 KMPX 110036
TORMPX
MNC067-121-145-110115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0032.110711T0036Z-110711T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
736 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WEST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 734 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF STARBUCK...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GLENWOOD...
STARBUCK...
LONG BEACH...
SEDAN...
BELGRADE...
GEORGEVILLE...
GILCHRIST...
GROVE LAKE...
WESTPORT...
BROOTEN...
PADUA...
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4562 9572 4574 9501 4533 9489 4535 9517
4537 9526 4541 9526 4541 9540 4548 9570
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 284DEG 51KT 4552 9558
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMPX 110053
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
753 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
MNC067-121-145-110115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110711T0115Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-POPE MN-STEARNS MN-
753 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL STEARNS...
EASTERN POPE AND NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF STARBUCK...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
GLENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ALONG HWY 28 AND HWY 29 AT ROUGHLY 745
PM CDT. THE RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF ROTATION NEAR STARBUCK
AND NORTHEAST OF SWIFT FALLS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEDAN...BELGRADE...GEORGEVILLE...GILCHRIST...GROVE LAKE...BROOTEN
AND PADUA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4574 9501 4533 9489 4535 9517 4537 9526
4541 9526 4541 9540 4546 9559 4564 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 293DEG 38KT 4547 9544
$$359
WWUS53 KMPX 110115
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
MNC067-121-145-110129-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110711T0115Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-POPE MN-STEARNS MN-
815 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL STEARNS...EASTERN POPE AND
NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
THE ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENDED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4574 9501 4533 9489 4535 9517 4537 9526
4541 9526 4541 9540 4546 9559 4564 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 293DEG 38KT 4537 9511
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Swift and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Benton, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Morrison, Pope, Sherburne and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 24 min |
| Jul 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Martin, Rice and 3 more | 75 min |
| Jul 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 74 min |
| Jul 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott and 2 more | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 23 min |
| Jul 10, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Martin | 3 hr |
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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.