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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 2015Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2015, 6:10 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2015, 6:33 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

019 
WFUS53 KMPX 062310
TORMPX
MNC093-145-062345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0035.150806T2310Z-150806T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
610 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PAYNESVILLE
  AIRPORT...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 606 PM...SPOTTER   
           OBSERVED A TORNADO CREATING DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF HAWICK. 
 
  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...
  PAYNESVILLE AROUND 615 PM CDT.
  EDEN VALLEY AROUND 645 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...LAKE KORONIS REGIONAL PARK AND MANANNAH.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4528 9477 4541 9477 4542 9457 4527 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 274DEG 11KT 4534 9476 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

048 
WWUS53 KMPX 062321
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
621 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

MNC093-145-062345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150806T2345Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
621 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTIES...
    
AT 620 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE KORONIS
REGIONAL PARK...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

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. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDEN VALLEY AROUND 645 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT...LAKE KORONIS REGIONAL PARK AND MANANNAH.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4528 9477 4541 9477 4542 9457 4527 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 272DEG 12KT 4535 9472 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JLT

860 
WWUS53 KMPX 062333
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
633 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

MNC093-145-062343-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150806T2345Z/
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
633 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN
MEEKER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4528 9477 4541 9477 4542 9457 4527 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 274DEG 11KT 4535 9465 

$$

JLT

The 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 Tornado observed	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 Tornado observed	MPX	Kandiyohi	31 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, 6:33 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.