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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 5:53 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2024, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 2 Se Madelia, MN | Delayed report, time estimated from radar. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
231
WFUS53 KMPX 052253
TORMPX
MNC013-165-052330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0019.240805T2253Z-240805T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
553 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Northeastern Watonwan County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Madelia, or 20 miles south of New Ulm, moving east
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud. This storm has a
history of producing tornadoes.
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...
Madelia around 600 PM CDT.
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 4398 9456 4406 9448 4402 9417 4387 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 283DEG 20KT 4401 9450
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
584
WWUS53 KMPX 052312
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
612 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
MNC013-165-052330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-240805T2330Z/
Blue Earth MN-Watonwan MN-
612 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND EAST CENTRAL WATONWAN COUNTIES...
At 612 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Madelia, or 22 miles southwest of Mankato, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Blue Earth and east central Watonwan Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4393 9445 4402 9439 4399 9419 4387 9429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 283DEG 20KT 4398 9435
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DyeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 18 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.