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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 24, 2016Rice County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT for Rice County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 13 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
Apr 24, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 8:36 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WFUS53 KMPX 250123
TORMPX
MNC131-147-161-250145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0003.160425T0123Z-160425T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WASECA...OR
  13 MILES WEST OF OWATONNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  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...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 835 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WASECA
AIRPORT AND DEERFIELD.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 157 AND 166.
 
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 4406 9357 4426 9351 4420 9328 4401 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 202DEG 34KT 4409 9349 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ADL
1 follow-up statement
264 
WWUS53 KMPX 250136
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNC131-147-161-250144-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160425T0145Z/
STEELE MN-RICE MN-WASECA MN-
836 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEELE...SOUTHWESTERN RICE
AND NORTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4406 9357 4426 9351 4420 9328 4401 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 202DEG 34KT 4421 9342 

$$

ADL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Martin23 min
Apr 24, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Watonwan34 min
Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Nicollet47 min
Apr 24, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Le Sueur, Steele, Waseca32 min
Apr 24, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele16 min
Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Rice24 min
Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue28 min
Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin, Watonwan40 min
Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan34 min
Apr 25, 8:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin41 min
Apr 25, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur33 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca48 min

Nearby

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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.