Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2021, 4:47 PM CST for Dakota County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 10, 2021, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2021, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Dakota County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
928
WFUS53 KMPX 102247
TORMPX
MNC037-131-102315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0004.210310T2247Z-210310T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
447 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Dakota County in east central Minnesota...
Central Rice County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 515 PM CST.
* At 447 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Warsaw, or 8 miles west of Faribault, moving
northeast at 55 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...
Faribault around 455 PM CST.
Dundas around 505 PM CST.
Northfield around 510 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Faribault Airport and Bridgewater.
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 4428 9352 4458 9324 4448 9304 4443 9304
4420 9341 4420 9352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 219DEG 46KT 4427 9344
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ETA1 follow-up statement
352
WWUS53 KMPX 102305
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
505 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
MNC037-131-102315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210310T2315Z/
Dakota MN-Rice MN-
505 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DAKOTA AND CENTRAL RICE COUNTIES...
At 505 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dundas, or near Northfield, moving northeast at 55
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Dakota and central Rice Counties, including the
following locations... Faribault Airport and Bridgewater.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4438 9337 4456 9321 4448 9304 4443 9304
4433 9331 4434 9336
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 219DEG 46KT 4446 9323
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stearns and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 14 min |
| Mar 10, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 4:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 36 min |
| Mar 10, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 29 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.