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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 2019Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2019, 3:10 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 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: Jun 30, 2019, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2019, 3:25 PM CDT
In force: 15 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 3310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WFUS53 KMPX 302010
TORMPX
MNC047-302045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0012.190630T2010Z-190630T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
310 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 345 PM CDT.
    
* At 310 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Alden, or near Albert Lea, moving southeast 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Albert Lea around 320 PM CDT.
  Twin Lakes around 335 PM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 4 and 11.
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 148 and 155.

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 4368 9355 4372 9348 4363 9322 4351 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 315DEG 17KT 4368 9348 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

111 
WWUS53 KMPX 302021
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
321 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019

MNC047-302045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-190630T2045Z/
Freeborn MN-
321 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY...
    
At 321 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Albert Lea, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. A wall cloud has been observed 
         with this storm.

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...
  Albert Lea around 325 PM CDT.
  Twin Lakes around 330 PM CDT.

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 4365 9349 4369 9340 4363 9322 4351 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 305DEG 19KT 4364 9341 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

BORGHOFF

073 
WWUS53 KMPX 302025
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
325 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019

MNC047-302034-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-190630T2045Z/
Freeborn MN-
325 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4365 9349 4369 9340 4363 9322 4351 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 315DEG 17KT 4363 9339 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	54 min
Jun 30, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	31 min
Jun 30, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott, Sibley	26 min
Jun 30, 9:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	26 min
Jun 30, 9:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	32 min
Jun 30, 9:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	25 min
Jun 30, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	23 min
Jun 30, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	27 min
Jun 30, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	35 min
Jun 30, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	45 min
Jun 30, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	23 min
Jun 30, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	50 min
Jun 30, 10:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	31 min
Jun 30, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	37 min
Jun 30, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	57 min
Jun 30, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	29 min
Jun 30, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	57 min
Jun 30, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	50 min
Jun 30, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Sherburne, Wright	50 min
Jun 30, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	35 min
Jun 30, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	43 min
Jun 30, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	33 min
Jun 30, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	31 min
Jun 30, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	25 min
Jun 30, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	26 min
Jun 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	34 min
Jun 30, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele, Waseca	37 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Waseca	34 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.