Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2019, 6:56 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 20, 2019, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | St. James, MN |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
235
WFUS53 KMPX 202356
TORMPX
MNC165-210030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0010.190620T2356Z-190621T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
656 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Watonwan County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near St. James, or 23 miles southwest of New Ulm,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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 dangerous storm will be near...
St. James around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Echols
and South Branch.
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 4403 9482 4408 9467 4385 9447 4384 9465
4384 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 323DEG 26KT 4402 9469
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 29 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.