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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2022Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2022, 1:18 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 23, 2022, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -374 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

008 
WFUS53 KMPX 231818
TORMPX
MNC047-231845-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0049.220723T1818Z-220723T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
118 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...

* Until 145 PM CDT.
    
* At 118 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Hollandale, or 11 miles northeast of Albert Lea,
  moving east at 25 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
  northeastern Freeborn County.

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 4374 9324 4382 9323 4384 9305 4368 9305
      4367 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 278DEG 20KT 4377 9320 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN

$$

Borghoff

2 follow-up statements

103 
WWUS53 KMPX 231828
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
128 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

MNC047-231845-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-220723T1845Z/
Freeborn MN-
128 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY...
    
At 128 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hollandale, or 9 miles northwest of Austin, moving
east at 25 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
northeastern Freeborn County.

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 4376 9316 4383 9318 4384 9305 4368 9305
      4367 9306 4371 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 278DEG 20KT 4376 9312 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN

$$

Borghoff

569 
WWUS53 KMPX 231838
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
138 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

MNC047-231847-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-220723T1845Z/
Freeborn MN-
138 PM CDT Sat Jul 23 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 145 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

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 4376 9316 4383 9318 4384 9305 4368 9305
      4367 9306 4371 9315
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 278DEG 20KT 4375 9307 

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	43 min
Jul 23, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift	51 min
Jul 23, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	27 min
Jul 23, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	42 min
Jul 23, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	36 min
Jul 23, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	44 min
Jul 23, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	38 min
Jul 23, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	34 min
Jul 23, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	38 min
Jul 23, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	19 min
Jul 23, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	29 min
Jul 23, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	38 min
Jul 23, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	33 min
Jul 23, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue, Steele	39 min
Jul 23, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	55 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.