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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2016Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 5:40 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

017 
WFUS53 KMPX 252240
TORMPX
MNC097-252315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0008.160525T2240Z-160525T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 540 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDALL...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RANDALL AROUND 545 PM CDT. 
  LITTLE FALLS AROUND 555 PM CDT. 
  CAMP RIPLEY AROUND 605 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CAMP
RIPLEY JUNCTION.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132
AND 142.
 
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.

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 4617 9437 4616 9437 4615 9425 4606 9423
      4597 9446 4598 9459 4607 9463 4618 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 242DEG 18KT 4604 9452 

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

$$

JPC

1 follow-up statement

321 
WWUS53 KMPX 252311
SVSMPX

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

MNC097-252320-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160525T2315Z/
MORRISON MN-
611 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 615 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN
LIKELY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA. 

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4617 9437 4616 9437 4615 9425 4606 9423
      4597 9446 4598 9459 4607 9463 4618 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 242DEG 18KT 4604 9452 

$$

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, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Stearns, Todd	45 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, 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.