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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2017Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2017, 6:18 PM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min. 7 reports 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, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Hancock, MN
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 S Hancock, MN	THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS CALLS ABOUT A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN SOUTH OF HANCOCK.
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sw Cyrus, MN	TREES DOWN.
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Hancock, MN
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 N Hancock, MN
Jun 13, 7:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 W Cyrus, MN	VIDEO SHOWS STRONG TORNADO, AND TRUSTED STORM TRACKER REPORTED DAMAGE TO A SUB-STATION SOUTH OF HWY 28. TIME BASED ON SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR.
Jun 13, 7:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Wsw Cyrus, MN	VIDEO SHOWS STRONG TORNADO, AND TRUSTED STORM TRACKER REPORTED DAMAGE TO A SUB-STATION SOUTH OF HWY 28. TIME BASED ON SPOTTER REPORTS AND RADAR.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

563 
WFUS53 KMPX 132318
TORMPX
MNC121-149-151-140015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0017.170613T2318Z-170614T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
618 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Pope County in west central Minnesota...
  Southeastern Stevens County in west central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Swift County in west central Minnesota...

* Until 715 PM CDT
    
* At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Holloway, or 18 miles south of Morris, moving
  north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter. 

  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...
  Hancock around 645 PM CDT. 
  Morris around 655 PM CDT. 
  Cyrus around 700 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Morris
Airport.

This includes U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 149 and 169.
 
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 9576 4534 9595 4563 9601 4562 9565
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 185DEG 26KT 4532 9589 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

238 
WWUS53 KMPX 132336
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
636 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC151-132345-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170614T0015Z/
Swift MN-
636 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SWIFT 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 4562 9565 4541 9575 4541 9595 4563 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 185DEG 26KT 4545 9587 

$$

MNC121-149-140015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170614T0015Z/
Pope MN-Stevens MN-
636 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL POPE AND SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTIES...
    
At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hancock, or 9 miles south of Morris, moving north at
30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. Funnel clouds have been reported 
         by weather spotters. 

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...
  Hancock around 645 PM CDT. 
  Morris and Cyrus around 700 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Morris
Airport.

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 4562 9565 4541 9575 4541 9595 4563 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 185DEG 26KT 4545 9587 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

BORGHOFF

694 
WWUS53 KMPX 132346
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
646 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC121-132355-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170614T0015Z/
Pope MN-
646 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL POPE 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 4562 9575 4547 9579 4548 9594 4563 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 185DEG 26KT 4553 9586 

$$

MNC149-140015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170614T0015Z/
Stevens MN-
646 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS COUNTY...
    
At 645 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Hancock, or near
Morris, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and two inch hail. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters 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 tornado will be near...
  Morris around 655 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Morris
Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4562 9575 4547 9579 4548 9594 4563 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 185DEG 26KT 4553 9586 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

BORGHOFF

The 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, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Swift	45 min
Jun 13, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stevens	38 min
Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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.