Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2015, 6:54 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2015, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2015, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594
WFUS53 KMPX 241154
TORMPX
MNC047-147-241215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.150724T1154Z-150724T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
654 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 653 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ELLENDALE...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF ALBERT
LEA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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...
HOLLANDALE AROUND 710 AM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 28.
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 4388 9337 4391 9330 4381 9306 4373 9322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 314DEG 29KT 4386 9330
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
027
WWUS53 KMPX 241200
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
MNC147-241210-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150724T1215Z/
STEELE MN-
700 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEELE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4373 9322 4384 9333 4385 9333 4385 9316
4381 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 306DEG 44KT 4381 9320
$$
MNC047-241215-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150724T1215Z/
FREEBORN MN-
700 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY...
AT 700 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GENEVA...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 25.
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 4373 9322 4384 9333 4385 9333 4385 9316
4381 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 306DEG 44KT 4381 9320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRB858
WWUS53 KMPX 241209
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
709 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
MNC047-241218-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150724T1215Z/
FREEBORN MN-
709 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 AM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4373 9322 4384 9333 4385 9333 4385 9316
4381 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 314DEG 29KT 4381 9320
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Todd | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Pope, Stearns | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Scott | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Stearns, Swift, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 57 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2015Every tornado warning in 2015Tornadoes in 2015
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.