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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 2024, 8:03 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 5, 2024, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2024, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
755
WFUS53 KMPX 060103
TORMPX
MNC047-060130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0029.240806T0103Z-240806T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
803 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 802 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Twin Lakes, or
9 miles south of Albert Lea, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Freeborn County.
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 4356 9347 4351 9304 4349 9305 4350 9348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 281DEG 22KT 4353 9343
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
389 WWUS53 KMPX 060121 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 821 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 MNC047-060131- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240806T0130Z/ Freeborn MN- 821 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south central Minnesota. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service the Twin Cities. && LAT...LON 4356 9347 4351 9304 4349 9305 4350 9348 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 281DEG 22KT 4351 9328 $$ Dye
The 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.