Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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 20, 2019, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
975
WFUS53 KMPX 202237
TORMPX
MNC127-202300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0007.190620T2237Z-190620T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
537 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Redwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 537 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Redwood Falls,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Morgan around 600 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Clements.
This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 64 and 71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4440 9520 4449 9511 4442 9487 4431 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 303DEG 17KT 4445 9510
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
029
WWUS53 KMPX 202249
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
549 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
MNC127-202300-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190620T2300Z/
Redwood MN-
549 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL REDWOOD COUNTY...
At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Morgan, or 9 miles southeast of Redwood Falls,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Morgan around 600 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Clements.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4439 9513 4447 9505 4442 9487 4431 9499
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 303DEG 17KT 4442 9503
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$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, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.