Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT for Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2013, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
387
WFUS53 KFSD 252159
TORFSD
MNC063-105-252245-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0011.130725T2159Z-130725T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
459 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
EAST CENTRAL NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BREWSTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
NOBLES AND SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9520 4350 9531 4365 9567 4381 9555
4366 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 298DEG 20KT 4368 9547
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BT3 follow-up statements
359
WWUS53 KFSD 252211
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
511 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
MNC063-105-252245-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130725T2245Z/
JACKSON MN-NOBLES MN-
511 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL NOBLES AND
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 508 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BREWSTER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE ROTATION ALOFT WITH THIS STORM
WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR BY.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9520 4350 9531 4365 9567 4381 9555
4366 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 298DEG 20KT 4365 9540
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BT552
WWUS53 KFSD 252231
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
531 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
MNC105-252241-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130725T2245Z/
NOBLES MN-
531 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NOBLES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4357 9516 4351 9519 4350 9520 4350 9531
4356 9544 4373 9531 4366 9509 4365 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 298DEG 20KT 4359 9526
$$
MNC063-252245-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130725T2245Z/
JACKSON MN-
531 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON
COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKEFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4357 9516 4351 9519 4350 9520 4350 9531
4356 9544 4373 9531 4366 9509 4365 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 298DEG 20KT 4359 9526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BT507
WWUS53 KFSD 252238
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
538 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
MNC063-252249-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130725T2245Z/
JACKSON MN-
538 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4357 9516 4351 9519 4350 9520 4350 9531
4356 9544 4373 9531 4366 9509 4365 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 298DEG 20KT 4357 9521
$$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.