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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 2020, 6:24 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
383
WFUS53 KMPX 142324
TORMPX
MNC065-095-150000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0043.200814T2324Z-200815T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
624 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Kanabec County in east central Minnesota...
Northeastern Mille Lacs County in east central Minnesota...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Onamia, or 20 miles south of Mille Lacs Lake,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
Wahkon around 630 PM CDT.
Isle around 635 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Knife
Lake, Bayview and Warman.
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 4615 9343 4615 9323 4599 9313 4592 9357
4616 9370 4625 9346 4625 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 250DEG 48KT 4602 9365
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
497
WWUS53 KMPX 142343 RRA
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
643 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
MNC065-095-150000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-200815T0000Z/
Kanabec MN-Mille Lacs MN-
643 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
KANABEC AND EAST CENTRAL MILLE LACS COUNTIES...
At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Isle, or 18 miles west of Hinckley,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Kanabec and east central Mille Lacs Counties, including the
following locations... Knife Lake and Warman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4615 9343 4615 9323 4599 9313 4592 9357
4603 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 250DEG 48KT 4611 9330
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
CTG010
WWUS53 KMPX 142357
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
657 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
MNC065-095-150007-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-200815T0000Z/
Kanabec MN-Mille Lacs MN-
657 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN KANABEC AND EAST CENTRAL MILLE
LACS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
east central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4615 9343 4615 9323 4599 9313 4592 9357
4603 9360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 250DEG 48KT 4617 9307
$$
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, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 38 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, 6:28 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.