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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2024, 4:26 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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
- May 21, 2024, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Blue Earth County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 840 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
591
WFUS53 KMPX 212126
TORMPX
MNC013-212200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0002.240521T2126Z-240521T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
426 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 426 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
were located along a line extending from near Mapleton to near
Vernon Center, moving northeast at 35 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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Good Thunder around 430 PM CDT.
St. Clair and Pemberton around 435 PM CDT.
Mankato around 445 PM CDT.
Eagle Lake around 450 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Mankato
Airport and Skyline.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 131 and 143.
U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 35 and 36, and between mile
markers 52 and 55.
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 9419 4424 9396 4424 9377 4402 9377
4397 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 219DEG 29KT 4397 9394 4395 9412
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Borghoff2 follow-up statements
522
WWUS53 KMPX 212140
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
440 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
MNC013-212200-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240521T2200Z/
Blue Earth MN-
440 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY...
At 440 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes
were located along a line extending from near St. Clair to near
Mapleton, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
These dangerous storms will be near...
St. Clair and Pemberton around 445 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4398 9409 4424 9388 4424 9377 4402 9377
4397 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 238DEG 32KT 4413 9382 4399 9395
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Borghoff263
WWUS53 KMPX 212152
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
452 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
MNC013-212201-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240521T2200Z/
Blue Earth MN-
452 PM CDT Tue May 21 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 500 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for south central
Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4398 9409 4424 9388 4424 9377 4402 9377
4397 9385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 219DEG 29KT 4420 9375 4406 9388
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 29 min |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 30 min |
| May 20, 9:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 25 hr |
| May 20, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 23 min |
| May 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sibley | 45 min |
| May 20, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 37 min |
| May 20, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 20, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 33 min |
| May 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 25 min |
| May 21, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 27 min |
| May 21, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 26 min |
| May 21, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 33 min |
| May 21, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 36 min |
| May 21, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 46 min |
| May 21, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 43 min |
| May 21, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Waseca | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Martin, Nicollet, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 44 min |
| May 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 22 min |
| May 21, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 54 min |
| May 21, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 56 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.