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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2025, 3:46 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 14 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 25, 2025, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2025, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Freeborn, MN | Law enforcement reports tornado over Freeborn Lake. |
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 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
364
WFUS53 KMPX 252046
TORMPX
MNC047-147-161-252100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0041.250625T2046Z-250625T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
346 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Freeborn County in south central Minnesota...
Southwestern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
Southeastern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 346 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Hartland, or 8
miles northwest of Albert Lea, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement 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...
Albert Lea, Clarks Grove, Ellendale, Alden, Glenville, Geneva,
Emmons, Hartland, Hollandale, Freeborn, Hayward, Mansfield, Twin
Lakes, Conger, Manchester, Myrtle, Albert Lea Airport and Myre Big
Island State Park.
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 4350 9364 4359 9365 4375 9365 4400 9329
4361 9305 4358 9305 4350 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 237DEG 31KT 4375 9345
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
899
WWUS53 KMPX 252055
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
355 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
MNC047-147-161-252105-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-250625T2100Z/
Freeborn MN-Steele MN-Waseca MN-
355 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT FOR FREEBORN,
SOUTHWESTERN STEELE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTIES...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT Wednesday for a
portion of south central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9364 4359 9365 4375 9365 4400 9329
4361 9305 4358 9305 4350 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 237DEG 31KT 4375 9344
$$
DyeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:50 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 24 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Renville | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault | 22 min |
| Jun 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 12 min |
| Jun 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 18 min |
| Jun 25, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 20 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.