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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 4:04 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 14, 2016, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese Kilkenny, MN | TWISTER SEEN 6 MILES NNE OF WATERVILLE. |
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, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
544
WFUS53 KMPX 142104
TORMPX
MNC079-131-142145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0012.160614T2104Z-160614T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
404 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 404 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WATERVILLE...OR
12 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING NORTH 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...
MONTGOMERY AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KILKENNY.
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 4420 9341 4420 9358 4445 9370 4446 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 174DEG 19KT 4423 9352
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
636
WWUS53 KMPX 142121
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC079-131-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160614T2145Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
421 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 421 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING
NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONTGOMERY AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
KILKENNY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4424 9341 4424 9359 4445 9370 4446 9337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 188DEG 16KT 4430 9350
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BORGHOFF641
WWUS53 KMPX 142137
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
437 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC079-131-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160614T2145Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
437 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND EAST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 434 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KILKENNY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 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 RICE AND EAST CENTRAL LE SUEUR COUNTIES...OR EAST OF
KILKENNY AND SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4428 9341 4428 9354 4442 9358 4442 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 186DEG 12KT 4433 9348
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BORGHOFF332
WWUS53 KMPX 142146
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
446 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC079-131-142156-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160614T2145Z/
RICE MN-LE SUEUR MN-
446 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND EAST CENTRAL LE
SUEUR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...IT HAS
POTENTIAL TO RESTRENGTHEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4428 9341 4428 9354 4442 9358 4442 9338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 174DEG 19KT 4433 9348
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Steele and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 19 min |
| Jun 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
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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.