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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 2016Goodhue County, Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 18 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 22, 2016, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2016, 8:36 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 22, 8:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kenyon, MN	6-8 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH DOWN ON HWY 56. TIME ESTIMATED.

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

711 
WFUS53 KMPX 230118
TORMPX
MNC049-131-147-230200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0021.160623T0118Z-160623T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
818 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 818 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER RUSKIN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
  FARIBAULT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...
  KENYON AROUND 830 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOLAND
AND RUSKIN.

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 4426 9322 4431 9311 4421 9271 4419 9275
      4419 9304 4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 313DEG 24KT 4426 9313 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

581 
WWUS53 KMPX 230123
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC049-131-147-230200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160623T0200Z/
STEELE MN-RICE MN-GOODHUE MN-
823 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE
COUNTIES...
    
AT 823 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MOLAND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARIBAULT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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
NORTHEASTERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MOLAND AND RUSKIN.

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 4426 9322 4431 9311 4421 9271 4419 9275
      4419 9304 4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 312DEG 26KT 4423 9308 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

BORGHOFF

003 
WWUS53 KMPX 230136
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC049-131-147-230146-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160623T0200Z/
STEELE MN-RICE MN-GOODHUE MN-
836 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN RICE
AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4426 9322 4431 9311 4421 9271 4419 9275
      4419 9304 4407 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 313DEG 24KT 4417 9299 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	51 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rice	56 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	23 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	29 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	34 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.