Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 2019, 6:35 PM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
303
WFUS53 KMPX 182335
TORMPX
MNC091-190000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.190718T2335Z-190719T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
635 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Truman, or 10 miles northwest of
Fairmont, moving east at 20 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...
Truman around 655 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Northrop and Foxlake.
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 4379 9471 4385 9449 4385 9443 4372 9433
4371 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 253DEG 17KT 4377 9455
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ETA1 follow-up statement
692
WWUS53 KMPX 182347
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
647 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
MNC091-190000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-190719T0000Z/
Martin MN-
647 PM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Truman, or 10 miles north of Fairmont, moving east
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Truman around 655 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Northrop.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4380 9462 4383 9448 4384 9442 4372 9433
4371 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 253DEG 17KT 4379 9448
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Waseca | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 32 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.