Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Holloway, MN | PICTURE SUBMITTED VIA TWITTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 900 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
754
WFUS53 KMPX 132245
TORMPX
MNC023-151-132330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0016.170613T2245Z-170613T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
545 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Chippewa County in west central Minnesota...
Southwestern Swift County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 630 PM CDT
* At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Milan, or 14 miles northwest of Montevideo, moving
north 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 Chippewa and southwestern Swift Counties, including
the following locations: Benson Airport, Danvers, Hagen and
Holloway.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 24 and 40.
U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 138 and 148.
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 4534 9600 4533 9562 4506 9586 4508 9595
4510 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 191DEG 24KT 4509 9592
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
197
WWUS53 KMPX 132300
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
MNC023-132310-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170613T2330Z/
Chippewa MN-
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4534 9597 4534 9573 4533 9569 4515 9586
4515 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 191DEG 24KT 4519 9589
$$
MNC151-132330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170613T2330Z/
Swift MN-
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY...
At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holloway, or 18 miles northwest of Montevideo,
moving north at 30 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
southwestern Swift County, including the following locations: Danvers
and Holloway.
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 4534 9597 4534 9573 4533 9569 4515 9586
4515 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 191DEG 24KT 4519 9589
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF388
WWUS53 KMPX 132308
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
608 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
MNC151-132330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170613T2330Z/
Swift MN-
608 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTY...
At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Holloway, or 21 miles north of Montevideo, moving
north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Swift County, including the following locations: Danvers
and Holloway.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4534 9595 4534 9573 4533 9569 4519 9585
4520 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 191DEG 24KT 4524 9588
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 86 min |
| Jun 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.