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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2015, 5:23 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 6, 2015, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
729
WFUS53 KMPX 062223
TORMPX
MNC173-062300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0033.150806T2223Z-150806T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
523 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PORTER...OR 23 MILES EAST OF CLEAR LAKE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 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
SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...ST. LEO.
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 4473 9632 4475 9598 4463 9596 4463 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 265DEG 31KT 4467 9621
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CLF1 follow-up statement
095
WWUS53 KMPX 062254
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
554 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
MNC173-062304-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150806T2300Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE MN-
554 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
A LARGE PORTION OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4473 9632 4475 9598 4463 9596 4463 9629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 265DEG 31KT 4467 9621
$$
CLFThe 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, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.