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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Lac qui Parle 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 19, 2016, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Watson, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ONLY 1/4 OF THE WAY TO THE GROUND. FUNNEL WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NW OF MONTEVIDEO. |
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 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
304
WFUS53 KMPX 200019
TORMPX
MNC023-073-200100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0015.160620T0019Z-160620T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
719 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CERRO GORDO...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
MILAN AROUND 725 PM CDT.
WATSON AROUND 735 PM CDT.
MONTEVIDEO AROUND 740 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CERRO
GORDO AND MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.
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 4499 9615 4509 9618 4515 9566 4493 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 272DEG 33KT 4504 9601
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
377
WWUS53 KMPX 200042
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
742 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC073-200051-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160620T0100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE MN-
742 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL
LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4515 9566 4493 9566 4494 9580 4496 9582
4500 9583 4507 9594 4511 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 270DEG 30KT 4504 9574
$$
MNC023-200100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160620T0100Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
742 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
AT 741 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WATSON...OR NEAR MONTEVIDEO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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
NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 9566 4493 9566 4494 9580 4496 9582
4500 9583 4507 9594 4511 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 270DEG 30KT 4504 9574
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
JPC624
WWUS53 KMPX 200100
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
800 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC023-200110-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160620T0100Z/
CHIPPEWA MN-
800 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4515 9566 4493 9566 4494 9580 4496 9582
4500 9583 4507 9594 4511 9597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 272DEG 33KT 4504 9574
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Meeker | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 19 min |
| Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 24 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.