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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 6, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 N New London, MN | SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG ROTATION REPORTED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197
WFUS53 KMPX 062214
TORMPX
MNC067-062245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0032.150806T2214Z-150806T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
514 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 514 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED EAST OF NORWAY
LAKE... OR 14 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW LONDON AROUND 535 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAWICK...REGAL AND GREEN LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 144.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4521 9476 4530 9508 4541 9504 4541 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 280DEG 16KT 4535 9504
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
JLT1 follow-up statement
016
WWUS53 KMPX 062226
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
526 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
MNC067-062245-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150806T2245Z/
KANDIYOHI MN-
526 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
AT 525 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW LONDON...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW LONDON AROUND 535 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HAWICK...REGAL AND GREEN LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 144.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9476 4530 9508 4541 9504 4541 9477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 280DEG 16KT 4534 9497
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 57 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.