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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 28, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Minnesota Lake, MN | Amateur Radio operator provided photo of large pine tree blown over. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
854
WFUS53 KMPX 282200
TORMPX
MNC013-043-161-282245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0005.250428T2200Z-250428T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
500 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota...
Northwestern Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
Southwestern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Winnebago, or 20 miles northeast of
Fairmont, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Mapleton, Winnebago, St. Clair, Minnesota Lake, Amboy, Pemberton,
Waldorf, Delavan, Alma City and Smiths Mill.
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 4385 9425 4385 9427 4415 9378 4391 9354
4370 9420 4376 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 237DEG 50KT 4379 9415
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
740
WWUS53 KMPX 282232
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
532 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
MNC013-043-161-282245-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250428T2245Z/
Blue Earth MN-Faribault MN-Waseca MN-
532 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH, NORTH CENTRAL FARIBAULT AND SOUTHWESTERN
WASECA COUNTIES...
At 532 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southwest of Waseca, or 19 miles west of
Owatonna, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Minnesota Lake, Pemberton, Waldorf and Alma City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9395 4386 9396 4407 9370 4391 9354
4379 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 237DEG 50KT 4380 9413
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
CTG627
WWUS53 KMPX 282242
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
542 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
MNC013-043-161-282252-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-250428T2245Z/
Blue Earth MN-Faribault MN-Waseca MN-
542 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLUE
EARTH, NORTH CENTRAL FARIBAULT AND SOUTHWESTERN 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 will be allowed to expire. However, small
hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for a portion of
south central Minnesota.
&&
LAT...LON 4385 9395 4386 9396 4407 9370 4391 9354
4379 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 238DEG 50KT 4404 9359
$$
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Waseca | 37 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Waseca | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele | 34 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.