Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2019, 6:43 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2019, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 7:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 78 | 4 E St. James, MN | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 4 E ST. JAMES. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY DETERMINED THIS WAS A DOWNBURST, WITH DIVERGENT DAMAGE PATTERN FANNING OUT. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE DAMAGED FOR SEVERAL MILES, A TURKEY BARN WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND SEVERAL VEHICLES W |
| Jun 20, 7:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 78 | 4 E St. James, MN |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
033
WFUS53 KMPX 202343
TORMPX
MNC165-210015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0009.190620T2343Z-190621T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
643 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Watonwan County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 643 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Godahl, or 15
miles southwest of New Ulm, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Law enforcement 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...
Madelia around 700 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include La
Salle, St James Airport and Grogan.
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 4411 9468 4411 9444 4403 9436 4399 9437
4392 9453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 327DEG 24KT 4410 9459
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$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, 5:37 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, 6:46 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.