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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2025, 4:58 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 18 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, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2025, 5:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
992
WFUS53 KMPX 252158
TORMPX
MNC049-131-252230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0050.250625T2158Z-250625T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
458 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Rice County in south central Minnesota...
Southwestern Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 458 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles east of Faribault, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Kenyon, Nerstrand, Nerstrand Big Woods State Park and Ruskin.
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 4423 9317 4430 9321 4439 9299 4426 9291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 248DEG 17KT 4427 9317
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Dye1 follow-up statement
366 WWUS53 KMPX 252216 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 516 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 MNC049-131-252226- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-250625T2230Z/ Goodhue MN-Rice MN- 516 PM CDT Wed Jun 25 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT Wednesday for portions of south central and southeast Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4423 9317 4430 9321 4439 9299 4426 9291 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 254DEG 21KT 4427 9314 $$ 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, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 12 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.