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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 2015, 7:42 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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 12, 2015, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Villard, MN | SEVEN TREES FELLED, SOME 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| Jul 12, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Villard, MN | 5 TO 6 UPROOTED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES |
| Jul 12, 8:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 S Villard, MN | |
| Jul 12, 8:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 2 S Villard, MN |
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 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 3598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
620
WFUS53 KMPX 130042
TORMPX
MNC121-130130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0023.150713T0042Z-150713T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
742 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 741 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWRY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRIS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
STARBUCK AROUND 745 PM CDT.
LOWRY AROUND 750 PM CDT.
GLENWOOD AROUND 800 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENWOOD AIRPORT...VILLARD...SEDAN...LAKE MINNEWASKA...FARWELL...LONG
BEACH...GROVE LAKE AND WESTPORT.
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 4576 9572 4576 9514 4559 9514 4557 9513
4547 9513 4562 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 278DEG 35KT 4570 9559
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JRB3 follow-up statements
641
WWUS53 KMPX 130102
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
802 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
MNC121-130130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150713T0130Z/
POPE MN-
802 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
POPE COUNTY...
AT 802 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LONG BEACH...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GLENWOOD AROUND 820 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GLENWOOD AIRPORT...VILLARD...SEDAN...LAKE MINNEWASKA...FARWELL...LONG
BEACH...GROVE LAKE AND WESTPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4576 9572 4576 9514 4559 9514 4557 9513
4547 9513 4562 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 283DEG 20KT 4565 9548
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JRB850
WWUS53 KMPX 130118
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
818 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
MNC121-130130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150713T0130Z/
POPE MN-
818 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY...
AT 818 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GLENWOOD...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING
EAST 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GLENWOOD AIRPORT...VILLARD...SEDAN...LAKE MINNEWASKA...LONG BEACH...
GROVE LAKE AND WESTPORT.
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 4576 9554 4576 9514 4559 9514 4557 9513
4547 9513 4558 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 281DEG 22KT 4566 9539
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
JRB810
WWUS53 KMPX 130129
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
829 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
MNC121-130138-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150713T0130Z/
POPE MN-
829 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...BUT A
SEVERE THUDNERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
EASTERN POPE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4576 9554 4576 9514 4559 9514 4557 9513
4547 9513 4558 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 278DEG 35KT 4566 9539
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 70 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 81 min |
| Jul 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Isanti, Sherburne | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Ramsey, Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey, Washington, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 35 min |
| Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 19 min |
| Jul 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 58 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.