Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 24, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 24, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Goodhue County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 1764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted.
978
WFUS53 KMPX 250000
TORMPX
MNC049-250045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0054.190925T0000Z-190925T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
700 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cannon Falls, or 14 miles west of Red Wing, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Welch around 720 PM CDT.
Red Wing around 730 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 4444 9289 4451 9292 4454 9283 4454 9280
4456 9279 4462 9262 4460 9258 4461 9258
4457 9255 4457 9253 4445 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 256DEG 24KT 4449 9284
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
293
WWUS53 KMPX 250011
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
711 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
MNC049-250045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-190925T0045Z/
Goodhue MN-
711 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
GOODHUE COUNTY...
At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Welch, or 9 miles west of Red Wing, moving east at
30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Welch around 720 PM CDT.
Red Wing around 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4445 9276 4454 9281 4454 9280 4456 9279
4462 9262 4460 9258 4461 9258 4457 9255
4457 9253 4445 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 256DEG 24KT 4451 9274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BORGHOFF770
WWUS53 KMPX 250030
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
730 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
MNC049-250040-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-190925T0045Z/
Goodhue MN-
730 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GOODHUE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
and east central Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.
LAT...LON 4445 9276 4454 9281 4454 9280 4456 9279
4462 9262 4460 9258 4461 9258 4457 9255
4457 9253 4445 9246
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 256DEG 24KT 4454 9257
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 32 min |
| Sep 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 min |
| Sep 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 31 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.