Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2018, 1:55 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 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 4, 2018, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2018, 2:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
412
WFUS53 KMPX 041855
TORMPX
MNC047-041930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0005.180704T1855Z-180704T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
155 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 230 PM CDT.
* At 155 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hollandale, or 9 miles northeast of Albert Lea,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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
northeastern Freeborn County.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 35 between mile markers 14 and 19.
Interstate 90 between mile markers 160 and 173.
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 4375 9336 4385 9310 4385 9305 4364 9305
4359 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 246DEG 33KT 4371 9320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLT2 follow-up statements
926
WWUS53 KMPX 041903
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
203 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018
MNC047-041930-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180704T1930Z/
Freeborn MN-
203 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY...
At 202 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hollandale, or 9 miles northwest of Austin, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Hollandale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4380 9323 4385 9310 4385 9305 4364 9305
4366 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 245DEG 17KT 4375 9312
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLT627
WWUS53 KMPX 041912
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
212 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018
MNC047-041922-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-180704T1930Z/
Freeborn MN-
212 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.
LAT...LON 4380 9323 4385 9310 4385 9305 4364 9305
4366 9319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 246DEG 33KT 4379 9300
$$
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 3:35 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:35 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault and 17 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Stevens | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Stevens, Swift and 1 more | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Renville, Stearns, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Renville | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec, McLeod and 5 more | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Scott | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 25 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.