Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2015, 5:05 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- May 16, 2015, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:37 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Murdock, MN | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES NW OF MURDOCK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759
WFUS53 KMPX 162205
TORMPX
MNC023-151-162230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0004.150516T2205Z-150516T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
505 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLUEK...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONTEVIDEO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
KERKHOVEN AND MURDOCK AROUND 530 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DE
GRAFF AND GLUEK.
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 4530 9557 4522 9525 4518 9525 4495 9542
4502 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 200DEG 22KT 4506 9551
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
566
WWUS53 KMPX 162222
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC023-162232-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150516T2230Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
522 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4530 9557 4522 9525 4518 9525 4515 9527
4515 9561 4516 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 191DEG 21KT 4516 9553
$$
MNC151-162230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150516T2230Z/
SWIFT MN-
522 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTY...
AT 522 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE GRAFF...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MONTEVIDEO...MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
MURDOCK AROUND 530 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DE
GRAFF.
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 4530 9557 4522 9525 4518 9525 4515 9527
4515 9561 4516 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 191DEG 21KT 4516 9553
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$482
WWUS53 KMPX 162228
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
528 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC151-162237-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150516T2230Z/
SWIFT MN-
528 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4530 9557 4522 9525 4518 9525 4515 9527
4515 9561 4516 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 200DEG 22KT 4516 9553
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 38 min |
| May 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| May 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| May 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 16 min |
| May 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 25 min |
| May 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 17 min |
| May 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 23 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 34 min |
| May 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 34 min |
| May 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 36 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.