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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2016Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT for Stearns County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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: May 25, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.25 in

Counties Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

853 
WFUS53 KMPX 252030
TORMPX
MNC145-153-252115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0005.160525T2030Z-160525T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
    
* AT 329 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST
  UNION...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUK CENTRE AROUND 405 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
UNION.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 124.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 170 AND 177.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.

&&

LAT...LON 4577 9478 4573 9510 4575 9514 4584 9514
      4595 9507
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 241DEG 9KT 4577 9511 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

JPC

1 follow-up statement

586 
WWUS53 KMPX 252105
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
405 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MNC145-252114-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2115Z/
STEARNS MN-
405 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
STEARNS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4581 9485 4582 9505 4592 9502 4584 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 233DEG 14KT 4587 9493 

$$

MNC153-252115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2115Z/
TODD MN-
405 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...
    
AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LITTLE SAUK...OR 21 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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
SOUTH CENTRAL TODD COUNTY.

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 4581 9485 4582 9505 4592 9502 4584 9489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 233DEG 14KT 4587 9493 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	45 min
May 25, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	38 min
May 25, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	47 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	44 min
May 25, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	41 min
May 25, 3:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Todd	38 min
May 25, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	50 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Todd	46 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	59 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	61 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Morrison	35 min
May 25, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	44 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.