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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2025, 8:23 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 19 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
- Jun 28, 2025, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2025, 8:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 2696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
904
WUUS53 KMPX 290123
SVRMPX
MNC041-290215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0076.250629T0123Z-250629T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
823 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Douglas County in west central Minnesota...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northwest
of Alexandria, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Carlos, Miltona, Garfield, Belle River, Lake Carlos
State Park and Alexandria Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for a portion of
west central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4585 9546 4594 9556 4611 9534 4611 9520
4603 9515 4594 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 237DEG 17KT 4593 9546
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Strus2 follow-up statements
662
WWUS53 KMPX 290134 RRA
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
834 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025
MNC041-290215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-250629T0215Z/
Douglas MN-
834 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...
At 834 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Carlos, or 7
miles northeast of Alexandria, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Carlos, Miltona, Belle River and Lake Carlos State
Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for a portion of
west central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4598 9544 4611 9522 4611 9520 4603 9515
4594 9515 4590 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 245DEG 38KT 4593 9543
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Borghoff054
WWUS53 KMPX 290142
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
842 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025
MNC041-290152-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-250629T0215Z/
Douglas MN-
842 PM CDT Sat Jun 28 2025
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for a portion of
west central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4598 9544 4611 9522 4611 9520 4603 9515
4594 9515 4590 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 245DEG 38KT 4598 9528
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 31 min |
| Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 21 min |
| Jun 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 28 min |
| Jun 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 12 min |
| Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 19 min |
| Jun 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 95 min |
| Jun 29, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 1:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 21 days |
| Jun 29, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 11:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 22 hr |
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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.