Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2019, 5:16 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports 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, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ne Wabasso, MN | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 6 NNW CLEMENTS. TREE AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. NUMEROUS PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF TORNADO. PATH LENGTH 5.6 MILES. |
| Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nnw Clements, MN | TREE AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PICTURE OF TORNADO RECEIVED. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
593
WFUS53 KMPX 202216
TORMPX
MNC127-202245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0006.190620T2216Z-190620T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
516 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Redwood Falls, moving east at 10 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...
Redwood Falls around 545 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Redwood Falls Airport.
This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 69 and 75.
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 9526 4455 9525 4455 9502 4444 9502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 268DEG 9KT 4451 9522
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$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, 5:24 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 |
| Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.