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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 2025Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2025, 3:42 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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 16, 2025, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 16, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

855 
WFUS53 KMPX 162042
TORMPX
MNC153-162115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0029.250616T2042Z-250616T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
342 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Todd County in central Minnesota...

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 342 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 7 miles southwest 
  of Staples, or 32 miles northwest of Little Falls, moving 
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Public 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Staples.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built 
building away from 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 4623 9494 4630 9496 4637 9482 4637 9473
      4636 9473 4635 9472 4635 9468 4636 9467
      4635 9466 4635 9465 4630 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 242DEG 26KT 4628 9488

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Schlatter

2 follow-up statements

503 
WWUS53 KMPX 162052
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
352 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

MNC153-162115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-250616T2115Z/
Todd MN-
352 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR 
NORTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY...

At 352 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located near Staples, or 33 miles northwest of Little Falls, 
moving northeast at 30 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Staples.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built 
building away from 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 4626 9488 4632 9492 4637 9482 4637 9473
      4636 9473 4635 9472 4635 9468 4636 9467
      4635 9466 4635 9465 4630 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 237DEG 23KT 4629 9491

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Schlatter

418 
WWUS53 KMPX 162108
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
408 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

MNC153-162118-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-250616T2115Z/
Todd MN-
408 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025

...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TODD 
COUNTY...

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 900 PM CDT Monday for a 
portion of central Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4626 9488 4632 9492 4637 9482 4637 9473
      4636 9473 4635 9472 4635 9468 4636 9467
      4635 9466 4635 9465 4630 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 237DEG 23KT 4632 9483

$$

Schlatter

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	49 min
Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	6 days
Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver	7 days
Jun 16, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	63 min
Jun 16, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	31 min
Jun 16, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	34 min
Jun 16, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	29 min
Jun 16, 9:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	36 min
Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	34 min
Jun 16, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	32 min
Jun 16, 11:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	12 hr
Jun 16, 11:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	26 min
Jun 16, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	33 min
Jun 16, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	33 min
Jun 16, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	33 min
Jun 16, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	26 min
Jun 16, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	34 min
Jun 16, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	29 min
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin	30 min
Jun 16, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	35 min
Jun 16, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Todd	24 min
Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns	36 min
Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright	40 min
Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	33 min
Jun 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Wright	28 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison	49 min
Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright	48 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	13 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod	43 min
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	55 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Nicollet	48 min
Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod	32 min
Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	50 min
Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, Scott	38 min
Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Nicollet	22 min
Jun 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver	17 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.