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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 5:59 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 6:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nne Mankato, MN | Trained spotter report of rapidly rotating funnel cloud. |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eagle Lake, MN | Several branches down on power lines. Relayed via County Dispatch. Time estimated from radar. |
| Aug 5, 6:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Smiths Mill, MN | EF-1 began 2 WSW Smiths Mill and tracked SE 6.25 miles. Garage door blown in, an empty farm trailer was blown onto its side, numerous trees uprooted or snapped, and a couple power poles were down. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
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WFUS53 KMPX 052259
TORMPX
MNC013-103-052330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0020.240805T2259Z-240805T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
559 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Southeastern Nicollet County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 558 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over North Mankato, or near 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Mankato around 605 PM CDT.
Eagle Lake and St. Clair around 610 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Smiths
Mill, Skyline, and Minneopa State Park.
This includes the following highways...
U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 126 and 143.
U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 47 and 57.
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 4397 9381 4413 9414 4422 9407 4423 9400
4419 9377 4409 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 283DEG 23KT 4414 9404
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye2 follow-up statements
009
WWUS53 KMPX 052313
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
613 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
MNC103-052323-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-240805T2330Z/
Nicollet MN-
613 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4397 9381 4411 9407 4417 9402 4421 9400
4419 9377 4408 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 23KT 4412 9391
$$
MNC013-052330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-240805T2330Z/
Blue Earth MN-
613 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY...
At 613 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Eagle Lake, or near Mankato, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
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...
St. Clair around 620 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Skyline.
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 4397 9381 4411 9407 4417 9402 4421 9400
4419 9377 4408 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 23KT 4412 9391
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye186
WWUS53 KMPX 052325
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
625 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
MNC013-052334-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-240805T2330Z/
Blue Earth MN-
625 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
The Tornado Warning that was previously in effect has been reissued
for eastern Blue Earth County and is in effect until 645 PM CDT.
Please refer to that bulletin for the latest severe weather
information.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central Minnesota.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
the Twin Cities.
Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for eastern Blue
Earth County.
&&
LAT...LON 4397 9381 4411 9407 4417 9402 4421 9400
4419 9377 4408 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 283DEG 23KT 4411 9382
$$
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, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 37 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.