Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 14, 2020, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2020, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 205 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
547
WFUS53 KMPX 142052
TORMPX
MNC041-142130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0031.200814T2052Z-200814T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
352 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Douglas County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 351 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Evansville, or
22 miles west of Alexandria, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter 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...
Evansville around 400 PM CDT.
Brandon around 405 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Garfield, Millerville, Melby and Leaf Valley.
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 4610 9557 4611 9540 4593 9530 4585 9575
4608 9577 4611 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 245DEG 39KT 4601 9581
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
143
WWUS53 KMPX 142116
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
416 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
MNC041-142130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-200814T2130Z/
Douglas MN-
416 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...
At 416 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Parkers Prairie,
or 16 miles north of Alexandria, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Douglas County, including the following locations...
Garfield, Millerville and Leaf Valley.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4611 9540 4593 9530 4586 9570 4610 9566
4611 9560 4610 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 245DEG 39KT 4613 9545
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CTG389
WWUS53 KMPX 142129
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
429 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
MNC041-142138-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-200814T2130Z/
Douglas MN-
429 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for west central
Minnesota.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Douglas County until 445 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4611 9540 4593 9530 4586 9570 4610 9566
4611 9560 4610 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 245DEG 39KT 4618 9528
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 75 min |
| Aug 14, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Douglas, Morrison, Todd | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 8:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 72 min |
| Aug 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 92 min |
| Aug 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 15 min |
| Aug 14, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 37 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.