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Tornado Watch 526
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Aug 28, 2022, 5:58 PM CDT for 39 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2022, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 70 kt
All 39 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 40%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 40%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 38 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Dakota, Douglas, Hennepin and 15 more | 118 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.