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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2025, 4:52 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 28, 2025, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2025, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Martin County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minnesota Lake, MN | Amateur Radio operator provided photo of large pine tree blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
432
WUUS53 KMPX 282152
SVRMPX
MNC013-043-047-091-161-282230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0013.250428T2152Z-250428T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
452 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Northern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Northwestern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
Northeastern Martin County in south central Minnesota...
Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 452 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
6 miles north of Good Thunder to over Winnebago, or along a line
from 7 miles southwest of Mankato to 14 miles northeast of
Fairmont, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Mankato, Fairmont, Waseca, Blue Earth, Wells, Janesville,
Mapleton, Winnebago, St. Clair, Minnesota Lake, Alden, Good
Thunder, Amboy, Vernon Center, Freeborn, Pemberton, Waldorf,
Easton, Delavan and Garden City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds and
large hail.
Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Seek
shelter immediately in an interior room on the lowest floor of a
well-built structure.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for a portion of
south central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4365 9451 4410 9418 4418 9349 4367 9353
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 233DEG 52KT 4409 9408 4388 9404 4374 9423
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CTG1 follow-up statement
847 WWUS53 KMPX 282233 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 533 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 MNC013-043-047-091-161-282243- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250428T2230Z/ Blue Earth MN-Faribault MN-Freeborn MN-Martin MN-Waseca MN- 533 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BLUE EARTH, NORTHERN FARIBAULT, NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN, NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND WASECA COUNTIES... The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for southeastern Blue Earth, Waseca, Faribault, southeastern Martin, and Freeborn counties. && LAT...LON 4365 9451 4410 9418 4418 9349 4367 9353 TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 233DEG 52KT 4409 9407 4389 9403 4375 9422 $$ BPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Waseca | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele | 34 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.