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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2025, 4:06 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2025, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
276
WFUS53 KMPX 162106
TORMPX
MNC153-162130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0030.250616T2106Z-250616T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
406 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Todd County in central Minnesota...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 406 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles southwest of Bertha, or 22 miles north
of Alexandria, moving east at 40 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...
Clarissa, Eagle Bend and Bertha.
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 4630 9515 4632 9487 4612 9481 4608 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 262DEG 34KT 4619 9522
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Schlatter1 follow-up statement
861 WWUS53 KMPX 162128 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO 428 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 MNC153-162138- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-250616T2130Z/ Todd MN- 428 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT Monday for a portion of central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4630 9515 4632 9487 4612 9481 4608 9515 TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 262DEG 34KT 4619 9520 $$ 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, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 33 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 | 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.