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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2015, 8:25 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
- May 16, 2015, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Kimball, MN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF KIMBALL. ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHEET METAL DEBRIS REPORTED IN AREA. |
| May 16, 8:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Kimball, MN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF KIMBALL. ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHEET METAL DEBRIS REPORTED IN AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DAMAGE TO TWO SHEDS AT HIGH SCHOOL AND DEBRIS ON HWY 55 1/3 MILE WEST OF KIMBALL. |
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 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
172
WFUS53 KMPX 170125
TORMPX
MNC093-145-170200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0014.150517T0125Z-150517T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
825 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 825 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBALL...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF ST.
CLOUD...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
KIMBALL AROUND 830 PM CDT.
ROCKVILLE AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST
AUGUSTA...FAIRHAVEN AND LUXEMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4544 9416 4532 9421 4531 9423 4531 9425
4529 9426 4521 9425 4525 9446 4548 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 198DEG 28KT 4528 9434
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
648
WWUS53 KMPX 170134
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC093-170143-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150517T0200Z/
MEEKER MN-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4544 9416 4532 9421 4531 9423 4531 9425
4528 9426 4529 9439 4532 9439 4533 9443
4548 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 198DEG 28KT 4534 9431
$$
MNC145-170200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150517T0200Z/
STEARNS MN-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY...
AT 833 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER KIMBALL...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKVILLE AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST
AUGUSTA...FAIRHAVEN AND LUXEMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4544 9416 4532 9421 4531 9423 4531 9425
4528 9426 4529 9439 4532 9439 4533 9443
4548 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 198DEG 28KT 4534 9431
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$126
WWUS53 KMPX 170151
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
851 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC145-170201-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150517T0200Z/
STEARNS MN-
851 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4544 9416 4532 9421 4531 9423 4531 9425
4528 9426 4529 9439 4532 9439 4533 9443
4548 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 198DEG 28KT 4534 9431
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Renville | 27 min |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 25 min |
| May 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 35 min |
| May 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 31 min |
| May 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 50 min |
| May 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Sherburne, Wright | 39 min |
| May 16, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 2 hr |
| May 17, 7:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 33 min |
| May 17, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Swift | 35 min |
| May 17, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Swift, Todd | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 24 min |
| May 17, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 23 min |
| May 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 26 min |
| May 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 29 min |
| May 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 37 min |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 29 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 36 min |
| May 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 33 min |
| May 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 28 min |
| May 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 34 min |
| May 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Douglas and 26 more | 10 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.