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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 2019Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2019, 1:52 PM CDT for Kandiyohi 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: Aug 13, 2019, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2019, 2:17 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

423 
WFUS53 KMPX 131852
TORMPX
MNC067-131930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0041.190813T1852Z-190813T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
152 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 230 PM CDT.
    
* At 152 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles west of Spicer, or 9 miles north of Willmar,
  moving east 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...
  New London and Spicer around 215 PM CDT.

This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 130 and 135.
 
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 4523 9515 4528 9513 4528 9490 4519 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 276DEG 18KT 4526 9510 

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

$$

SPD

3 follow-up statements

162 
WWUS53 KMPX 131859
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
159 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

MNC067-131930-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-190813T1930Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
159 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
        
At 159 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New London, or 8 miles north of Willmar, moving east
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.

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...
  New London and Spicer around 215 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 4522 9509 4528 9507 4528 9490 4519 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 276DEG 18KT 4526 9505 

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

$$

SPD

801 
WWUS53 KMPX 131906
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
206 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

MNC067-131930-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-190813T1930Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
206 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
        
At 206 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over New London, or 8 miles north of Willmar, moving east
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.

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...
  New London and Spicer around 215 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 4524 9502 4528 9501 4528 9490 4520 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 275DEG 19KT 4525 9499 

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

$$

SPD

022 
WWUS53 KMPX 131917
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
217 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

MNC067-131926-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-190813T1930Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
217 PM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4524 9502 4528 9501 4528 9490 4520 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 276DEG 18KT 4524 9491 

$$

SPD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 2:51 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur and 10 more	6 hr
Aug 13, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley and 2 more	2 hr
Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet	37 min
Aug 13, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Stearns	30 min
Aug 13, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	38 min
Aug 13, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur	19 min
Aug 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca	17 min
Aug 13, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Waseca	25 min
Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Waseca	37 min
Aug 13, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Steele, Waseca	25 min
Aug 13, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Steele, Waseca	30 min
Aug 13, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin	41 min
Aug 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	32 min
Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	50 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	32 min
Aug 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	21 min
Aug 13, 5:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	29 min
Aug 13, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	20 min

Nearby

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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.