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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2025, 4:56 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 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, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2025, 5:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 25, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
122
WFUS53 KMPX 252156
TORMPX
MNC147-252230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0049.250625T2156Z-250625T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
456 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 456 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Ellendale, or 15 miles south of Owatonna,
moving east at 25 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...
Blooming Prairie, Ellendale, Steele Center and Bixby.
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.
This storm has a history of producing tornadoes.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9333 4389 9333 4400 9305 4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 254DEG 21KT 4387 9327
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye2 follow-up statements
428
WWUS53 KMPX 252200
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
500 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
MNC147-252230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250625T2230Z/
Steele MN-
500 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY...
At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Geneva, or 14 miles south of Owatonna, moving east
at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Blooming Prairie, Steele Center and Bixby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
This storm has a history of producing tornadoes.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9325 4391 9327 4400 9305 4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 254DEG 21KT 4387 9326
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye732 WWUS53 KMPX 252208 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 508 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 MNC147-252218- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-250625T2230Z/ Steele MN- 508 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT Wednesday for a portion of south central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4385 9325 4391 9327 4400 9305 4385 9305 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 254DEG 21KT 4388 9323 $$ 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, 3:53 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, 4:58 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.