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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 6:59 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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, 7:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Easton, MN | Multiple trees snapped off along highway 109. Time estimated from radar. |
| Aug 5, 7:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Wells, MN | Time Delayed LSR - An EF-0 tornado uprooted trees and downed large 12 diameter limbs halfway up the base. One fallen limb caused damage to the roof of a house. Crop damage was also observed adjacent to a home 1 miles south of Wells. |
| Aug 5, 7:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Wells, MN | Multiple spotter reports of tornado and ongoing tree damage. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
667
WFUS53 KMPX 052359
TORMPX
MNC043-047-060030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0025.240805T2359Z-240806T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
659 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
Northeastern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Easton, or 27 miles east of Fairmont, 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...
Easton around 705 PM CDT.
Wells around 715 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Walters, Baroda, and Brush Creek.
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 4374 9405 4383 9398 4378 9357 4355 9366
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 288DEG 23KT 4375 9393
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
489 WWUS53 KMPX 060024 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 724 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 MNC043-047-060034- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240806T0030Z/ Freeborn MN-Faribault MN- 724 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FREEBORN AND NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south central Minnesota. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service the Twin Cities. Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for Faribault and Freeborn counties. && LAT...LON 4374 9405 4383 9398 4378 9357 4355 9366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 288DEG 23KT 4370 9373 $$ Dye
The 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, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 36 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.