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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 7:44 PM CDT for 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Emmons, MN | EF-1 began 3 NW Emmons and tracked E 6.6 miles. Trees uprooted or trunks snapped. Some outbuildings were heavily damaged. One silo was lofted toward a tree line. |
| Aug 5, 7:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Conger, MN | Multiple spotters reporting tornado on the ground. |
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Emmons, MN | Several downed trees near the area of 145th and 670th north of Emmons. 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
664
WFUS53 KMPX 060044
TORMPX
MNC047-060115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0028.240806T0044Z-240806T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
744 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Mansfield, or 14 miles southwest of Albert Lea,
moving southeast 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...
Emmons around 755 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 4351 9365 4362 9365 4362 9364 4353 9338
4350 9338 4350 9363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 304DEG 21KT 4356 9363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
122
WWUS53 KMPX 060059
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
759 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
MNC047-060115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-240806T0115Z/
Freeborn MN-
759 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY...
At 759 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Emmons, or 12 miles southwest of Albert Lea, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Emmons around 805 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4357 9353 4353 9338 4350 9338 4350 9357
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 304DEG 21KT 4351 9353
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
DyeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 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.