Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 17, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234
WFUS53 KMPX 171930
TORMPX
MNC161-172000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0015.150617T1930Z-150617T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 230 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER OTISCO...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OWATONNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
OTISCO.
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 4394 9363 4402 9352 4397 9340 4385 9341
4385 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 299DEG 24KT 4394 9351
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
978
WWUS53 KMPX 171935
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
235 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
MNC161-172000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150617T2000Z/
WASECA MN-
235 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY...
AT 235 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW RICHLAND...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWATONNA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW RICHLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4399 9356 4402 9352 4397 9340 4385 9341
4388 9350 4392 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 294DEG 20KT 4394 9348
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JRB695
WWUS53 KMPX 171944
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
244 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
MNC161-172000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150617T2000Z/
WASECA MN-
244 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY...
AT 243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW RICHLAND...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWATONNA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
NEW RICHLAND.
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 4396 9354 4401 9349 4397 9341 4385 9341
4388 9350 4391 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 303DEG 12KT 4392 9347
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JRB304
WWUS53 KMPX 171954
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
MNC161-172004-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150617T2000Z/
WASECA MN-
254 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4396 9354 4401 9349 4397 9341 4385 9341
4388 9350 4391 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 299DEG 24KT 4392 9347
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 67 min |
| Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.