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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 6:39 PM CDT for Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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, 6:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ene Pemberton, MN | Several downed branches and damage to a structure within Alma City. Time estimated from radar. |
| Aug 5, 6:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Janesville, MN | Several large trees snapped. Relayed via Broadcast Media. Time estimated from radar. |
| Aug 5, 6:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wsw Waseca, MN | Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 5 WSW Waseca. Delayed LSR - Photos submitted of damage to destroyed grain bin and crop damage. Time estimated via radar. Estimated wind between 80-85 mph. |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Waseca, MN | EF-1 began 5 S Waseca and tracked ESE 1.4 miles. Multiple large trees were snapped or uprooted. |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
757
WFUS53 KMPX 052339
TORMPX
MNC147-161-060015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0024.240805T2339Z-240806T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
639 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
Southern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 638 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Janesville, or
17 miles southeast of Mankato, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed a large tornado 3 miles south
of Janesville.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Waseca around 650 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Waseca
Airport, Otisco, Lemond, and Hope.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 9376 4410 9369 4410 9325 4385 9328
4385 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 277DEG 19KT 4404 9367
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
527
WWUS53 KMPX 052353
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
653 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
MNC147-161-060015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-240806T0015Z/
Steele MN-Waseca MN-
653 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN STEELE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTIES...
At 653 PM CDT, a confirmed large rain wrapped tornado was located
near Waseca, or 17 miles west of Owatonna, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Waseca around 700 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Otisco, Hope, and Lemond.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4396 9364 4407 9359 4407 9325 4385 9328
4385 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 277DEG 19KT 4403 9356
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
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, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 37 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, 6:54 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.