Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 27, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2019, 7:29 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Sep 24, 2019, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2019, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Dodge County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 1 N Mantorville, MN | |
| Sep 24, 7:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dodge Center, MN | A TREE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Sep 24, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Berne, MN | A TREE BLOWN DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted.
858
WFUS53 KARX 250029
TORARX
MNC039-250100-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0027.190925T0029Z-190925T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
729 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dodge Center, moving northeast at 55 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Mantorville and Kasson around 735 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include County
Roads 20 And 5, Berne, Concord, Eden, Highway 57 And 570th Street,
County Roads 6 And 9 and County Roads 5 And 6.
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 4420 9271 4420 9269 4419 9268 4398 9268
4390 9294 4406 9305 4407 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 244DEG 48KT 4402 9290
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Shea3 follow-up statements
194
WWUS53 KARX 250033
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
733 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
MNC039-250100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-190925T0100Z/
Dodge MN-
733 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DODGE COUNTY...
At 733 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just northwest of Dodge Center, moving northeast at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Kasson around 740 PM CDT.
Mantorville around 745 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include County
Roads 20 And 5, Berne, Concord, Eden, Highway 57 And 570th Street,
County Roads 5 And 6 and Wasioja.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9271 4420 9269 4419 9268 4406 9268
4393 9294 4406 9305 4407 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 238DEG 35KT 4406 9290
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Shea058
WWUS53 KARX 250043
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
743 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
MNC039-250100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-190925T0100Z/
Dodge MN-
743 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY...
At 743 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located north of Mantorville, moving northeast at 60 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 Dodge County, including the following locations...
Highway 57 And 570th Street, Berne and Danesville.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9271 4420 9269 4419 9268 4406 9268
4403 9277 4415 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 243DEG 53KT 4413 9272
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Shea443
WWUS53 KARX 250050
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
750 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
MNC039-250100-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-190925T0100Z/
Dodge MN-
750 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4420 9271 4420 9269 4419 9268 4406 9268
4403 9277 4415 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 244DEG 48KT 4416 9263
$$
SheaThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge | 43 min |
| Sep 24, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 48 min |
| Sep 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 42 min |
| Sep 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winona | 41 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.