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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2025, 3:53 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 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 25, 2025, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2025, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
213
WFUS53 KMPX 252053
TORMPX
MNC043-252115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0042.250625T2053Z-250625T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
353 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Blue Earth, or 21 miles east of Fairmont,
moving northeast 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...
Blue Earth, Easton, Frost and Brush Creek.
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 4362 9415 4378 9386 4366 9375 4353 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 237DEG 33KT 4360 9406
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye2 follow-up statements
398
WWUS53 KMPX 252102
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
402 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
MNC043-252115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-250625T2115Z/
Faribault MN-
402 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FARIBAULT COUNTY...
At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Frost, or 25 miles east of Fairmont, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Easton, Frost and Brush Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4355 9401 4363 9408 4378 9386 4366 9375
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 237DEG 33KT 4360 9405
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye421 WWUS53 KMPX 252110 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 410 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 MNC043-252120- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-250625T2115Z/ Faribault MN- 410 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. 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 4355 9401 4363 9408 4378 9386 4366 9375 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 237DEG 33KT 4364 9396 $$ Dye
The 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, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 14 min |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 3 hr |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.