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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2016, 6:02 PM CDT for Morrison County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Morrison County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
236
WFUS53 KMPX 112302
TORMPX
MNC097-145-112330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0033.160711T2302Z-160711T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HOLDINGFORD...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE
FALLS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
BOWLUS AROUND 615 PM CDT.
ROYALTON AROUND 620 PM CDT.
LITTLE FALLS AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LITTLE
FALLS AIRPORT...ELMDALE AND SOBIESKI.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 147
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 4589 9416 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9432
4569 9448 4574 9462 4599 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 220DEG 31KT 4575 9449
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DWE2 follow-up statements
444
WWUS53 KMPX 112311
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
611 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC145-112321-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160711T2330Z/
STEARNS MN-
611 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4589 9416 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9432
4577 9436 4578 9455 4599 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 220DEG 31KT 4582 9441
$$
MNC097-112330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160711T2330Z/
MORRISON MN-
611 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY...
AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BOWLUS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
ROYALTON AROUND 620 PM CDT.
LITTLE FALLS AROUND 630 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ELMDALE AND LITTLE FALLS 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4589 9416 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9432
4577 9436 4578 9455 4599 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 220DEG 31KT 4582 9441
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DWE384
WWUS53 KMPX 112328
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
628 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNC097-112338-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160711T2330Z/
MORRISON MN-
628 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4589 9416 4582 9427 4582 9435 4579 9432
4577 9436 4578 9455 4599 9439
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 220DEG 31KT 4582 9441
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 74 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 85 min |
| Jul 11, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 113 min |
| Jul 11, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, Todd | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs | 71 min |
| Jul 11, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 17 min |
| Jul 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 32 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.