Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:10 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 4 reports 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
- Jun 14, 2016, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Cottonwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Mountain Lake, MN | SMALL TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Delft, MN | LARGE TREE BLOWN OVER AND CORN LAYING FLAT. |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Mountain Lake, MN | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 14, 3:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 4 N Mountain Lake, MN | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DAMAGED AND OUTBUILDING DESTOYED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
083
WFUS53 KFSD 142010
TORFSD
MNC033-142045-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0010.160614T2010Z-160614T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
310 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 310 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN LAKE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF WINDOM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
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...
MOUNTAIN LAKE AROUND 315 PM CDT.
COMFREY AROUND 335 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DELFT.
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 4385 9503 4391 9518 4411 9500 4411 9486
4385 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 212DEG 32KT 4390 9497
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BT3 follow-up statements
080
WWUS53 KFSD 142021
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
321 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC033-142045-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-
321 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY...
AT 321 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNTAIN LAKE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDOM...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COMFREY AROUND 330 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DELFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4395 9499 4398 9511 4411 9500 4411 9486
4392 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 194DEG 34KT 4402 9497
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BT484
WWUS53 KFSD 142028
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
328 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC033-142045-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-
328 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY...
AT 328 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER COMFREY...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDOM...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 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
EAST CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY.
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 4398 9498 4404 9500 4411 9500 4411 9486
4398 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 194DEG 34KT 4408 9494
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BT858
WWUS53 KFSD 142036
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC033-142046-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
COTTONWOOD MN-
336 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 345 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4398 9498 4404 9500 4411 9500 4411 9486
4398 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 212DEG 32KT 4408 9494
$$
BTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 27 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.