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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2014Blue Earth County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:39 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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
Jun 16, 2014, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Blue Earth County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 5:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 753 Nw Mapleton, MNLARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jun 16, 5:44 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ese Skyline, MN10 INCH TREE BRANCH DOWN
Jun 16, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 905 N Mapleton, MNWOODEN ELECTRICAL POLES LEANING. TREES UPROOTED. TREE AND SOME POWER LINE DAMAGE FROM MAPLETON NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 22 TO 179TH STREET.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

538 
WFUS53 KMPX 162239
TORMPX
MNC013-162315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0013.140616T2239Z-140616T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
539 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 537 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANKATO...SKYLINE...ST CLAIR...EAGLE LAKE...MANKATO AIRPORT AND
  MADISON LAKE.

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 4408 9415 4414 9406 4417 9400 4425 9389
      4424 9388 4424 9378 4420 9377 4405 9377
      4394 9399
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 231DEG 21KT 4407 9397

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

LRS
2 follow-up statements
182 
WWUS53 KMPX 162248
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
548 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC013-162315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
548 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 545 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE LAKE...MANKATO AIRPORT AND MADISON LAKE.

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 4414 9406 4417 9400 4424 9390 4424 9378
      4420 9377 4405 9377 4396 9395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 231DEG 21KT 4411 9388

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

LRS
244 
WWUS53 KMPX 162257
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
557 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC013-162315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140616T2315Z/
BLUE EARTH MN-
557 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH
COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF MANKATO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON LAKE.

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 4424 9390 4424 9378 4420 9377 4405 9377
      4401 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 231DEG 21KT 4414 9382

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

LRS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXBrown7 days
Jun 16, 10:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine24 days
Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 10 more13 hr
Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine53 min
Jun 16, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle65 min
Jun 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift54 min
Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine3 hr
Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley3 hr
Jun 16, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin44 min
Jun 16, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan44 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin37 min
Jun 16, 4:19 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 23 more9 hr
Jun 16, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan52 min
Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin56 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca4 hr
Jun 16, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMartin31 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan58 min
Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin62 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth44 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Waseca49 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn58 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca3 hr
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele40 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Jun 16, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn31 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.