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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 26, 2020Faribault County, Freeborn County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2020, 5:15 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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: May 26, 2020, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2020, 5:31 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

613 
WFUS53 KMPX 262215
TORMPX
MNC043-047-161-262300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0001.200526T2215Z-200526T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
515 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
  Northeastern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
  Southwestern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 600 PM CDT.
    
* At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Wells, or 16 miles northwest of Albert Lea, moving
  north at 25 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...
  Waldorf around 540 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Matawan and Baroda.

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 4372 9362 4372 9374 4401 9377 4401 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 187DEG 23KT 4377 9366 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

592 
WWUS53 KMPX 262231
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
531 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

MNC043-047-161-262241-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200526T2300Z/
Freeborn MN-Faribault MN-Waseca MN-
531 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN...NORTHEASTERN
FARIBAULT AND SOUTHWESTERN WASECA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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 4372 9362 4372 9374 4401 9377 4401 9355
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 187DEG 23KT 4386 9364 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	49 min
May 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	51 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Faribault and 12 more	11 hr
May 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	47 min
May 26, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur, Waseca	56 min
May 26, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	53 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	37 min
May 26, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	45 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.