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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2025, 8:26 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 16, 2025, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2025, 8:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nw Pemberton, MN | Multiple reports of funnel cloud between St. Clair and Pemberton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 2580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted.
033
WFUS53 KMPX 170126
TORMPX
MNC013-161-170200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0040.250617T0126Z-250617T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO
826 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East Central Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Southern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 826 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Pemberton, or 15 miles southeast of
Mankato, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
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...
Pemberton, Waldorf, Otisco and Alma City.
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 4399 9385 4406 9376 4399 9345 4386 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 309DEG 23KT 4401 9379
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
Schlatter1 follow-up statement
135 WWUS53 KMPX 170138 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN Issued by National Weather Service Denver CO 838 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 MNC013-161-170148- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-250617T0200Z/ Blue Earth MN-Waseca MN- 838 PM CDT Mon Jun 16 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL BLUE EARTH AND SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTIES... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 4399 9385 4406 9376 4399 9345 4386 9364 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 309DEG 23KT 4400 9378 $$ Schlatter
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 42 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.