Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2011, 8:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker 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
- Jul 10, 2011, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Atwater, MN | ESTIMATED LOCATION AND TIME. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THIS AREA. A DETAILED ACCOUNT INDICATED THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD THAT WAS UNREACHABLE TO THE SURVEY TEAM. |
| Jul 10, 8:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Grove City, MN | ESTIMATED LOCATION. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SIGHTED FROM GROVE CITY. RADAR INDICATES THAT AERAS OF ROTATION WERE NORTHWEST OF GROVE CITY AND NOT ACTUALLY IN THE TOWN. NEITHER COUNTY HAS REPORTED ANY DAMAGE IN THAT GENERAL AREA. AN NWS STORM |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
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WFUS53 KMPX 110136
TORMPX
MNC067-093-110200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0035.110711T0136Z-110711T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 834 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR SPICER...OR
OVER SPICER...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SPICER...
NEW LONDON...
MANANNAH...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4532 9455 4515 9449 4516 9479 4520 9504
4530 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 274DEG 41KT 4525 9491
$$2 follow-up statements
975
WWUS53 KMPX 110149
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
849 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
MNC067-093-110200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110711T0200Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
849 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND
EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 843 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPICER...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO NORTHWEST OF GROVE CITY AT 844 PM
CDT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN KANDIYOHI AND NORTHWESTERN
MEEKER COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4519 9498 4530 9494 4532 9455 4515 9449
4516 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 275DEG 33KT 4523 9479
$$180
WWUS53 KMPX 110200
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
900 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
MNC067-093-110214-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110711T0200Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-MEEKER MN-
900 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND EAST CENTRAL
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...BUT ROTATION
CONTINUES AND WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED. THE TORNADO WAS
REPORTED TO HAVE LIFTED.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.
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 4519 9498 4530 9494 4532 9455 4515 9449
4516 9479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 275DEG 33KT 4522 9465
$$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, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 39 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, 8:40 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.