Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2019, 7:21 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 18, 2019, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Murray County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
153
WFUS53 KFSD 190021
TORFSD
MNC101-190045-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0016.190719T0021Z-190719T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
721 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 721 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Chandler, or 7 miles southwest of Slayton, moving
northeast at 10 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...
Slayton around 745 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hadley, Avoca and Iona.
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 4384 9564 4385 9593 4393 9600 4410 9575
4387 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 237DEG 8KT 4390 9585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BT2 follow-up statements
225
WWUS53 KFSD 190031
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
731 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
MNC101-190045-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-190719T0045Z/
Murray MN-
731 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MURRAY COUNTY...
At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Iona, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Slayton around 745 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hadley, Avoca and Iona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4384 9564 4385 9593 4393 9600 4410 9575
4387 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 241DEG 8KT 4391 9581
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BT366
WWUS53 KFSD 190039
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
739 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
MNC101-190048-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-190719T0045Z/
Murray MN-
739 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4384 9564 4385 9593 4393 9600 4410 9575
4387 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 237DEG 8KT 4392 9579
$$
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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.