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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2016McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2016, 1:34 PM CDT for McLeod County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 23, 2016, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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: 2703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

249 
WFUS53 KMPX 231834
TORMPX
MNC085-093-231900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0043.160723T1834Z-160723T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
134 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
    
* AT 134 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CORVUSO...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
  HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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
  NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD AND SOUTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTIES...INCLUDING
  THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GREENLEAF...CEDAR MILLS AND CORVUSO.

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 4506 9445 4498 9439 4493 9435 4491 9450
      4489 9472 4495 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 261DEG 23KT 4495 9463 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

DWE

2 follow-up statements

775 
WWUS53 KMPX 231849
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC085-093-231900-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160723T1900Z/
MCLEOD MN-MEEKER MN-
149 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD AND SOUTH CENTRAL MEEKER COUNTIES...
    
AT 149 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CEDAR MILLS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENLEAF...CEDAR MILLS AND CORVUSO. 

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 4506 9445 4498 9439 4493 9435 4491 9450
      4489 9468 4499 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 260DEG 22KT 4497 9451 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

DWE

918 
WWUS53 KMPX 231856
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

MNC085-093-231904-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-160723T1900Z/
MCLEOD MN-MEEKER MN-
156 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MEEKER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM...FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LAT...LON 4506 9445 4498 9439 4493 9435 4491 9450
      4489 9468 4499 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 261DEG 23KT 4497 9451 

$$

DWE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	42 min
Jul 23, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	33 min
Jul 23, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine	30 min
Jul 23, 8:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Stevens, Swift, Yellow Medicine	42 min
Jul 23, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Freeborn, Nicollet, Waseca	24 min
Jul 23, 9:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and 1 more	60 min
Jul 23, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey	46 min
Jul 23, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	37 min
Jul 23, 10:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	33 min
Jul 23, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright	60 min
Jul 23, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	36 min
Jul 23, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Wright	38 min
Jul 23, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker	34 min
Jul 23, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Wright	44 min
Jul 23, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	44 min
Jul 23, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright	43 min
Jul 23, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod	27 min
Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	26 min
Jul 23, 3:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Meeker, Sherburne, Wright	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	28 min
Jul 23, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	26 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Washington, Wright	3 hr
Jul 23, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington	2 hr

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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.