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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2016Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2016, 7:50 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 19, 2016, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

921 
WFUS53 KMPX 200050
TORMPX
MNC145-200115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0017.160620T0050Z-160620T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
750 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 750 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBANY...OR 16 MILES WEST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING EAST
  AT 60 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
  NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: ST
  WENDEL AND ST. STEPHEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND
147...NEAR MILE MARKER 150...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND 157.
 
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 4568 9421 4568 9419 4565 9421 4562 9421
      4560 9420 4559 9417 4555 9415 4563 9460
      4570 9459 4572 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 274DEG 50KT 4566 9452 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JRB

2 follow-up statements

188 
WWUS53 KMPX 200102
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
802 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC145-200115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160620T0115Z/
STEARNS MN-
802 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY...
    
AT 802 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. STEPHEN...OR NEAR ST. CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 60
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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. CLOUD...SAUK RAPIDS...ST. JOSEPH...COLLEGEVILLE...ST. STEPHEN AND ST
WENDEL.

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 4568 9421 4568 9419 4565 9421 4562 9421
      4560 9420 4559 9417 4555 9415 4560 9443
      4566 9443 4572 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 274DEG 50KT 4565 9427 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

JRB

712 
WWUS53 KMPX 200114
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
814 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNC145-200124-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160620T0115Z/
STEARNS MN-
814 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 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.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4568 9421 4568 9419 4565 9421 4562 9421
      4560 9420 4559 9417 4555 9415 4560 9443
      4566 9443 4572 9423
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 274DEG 50KT 4565 9427 

$$

JRB

The 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, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	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, 7:55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.