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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2025, 1:44 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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 26, 2025, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
583
WFUS53 KMPX 261844
TORMPX
MNC147-261900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0053.250626T1844Z-250626T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
144 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 200 PM CDT.
* At 144 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 7 miles northwest of Blooming Prairie, or 10
miles southeast of Owatonna, 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...
Owatonna, Blooming Prairie, Steele Center, Bixby and Rice Lake
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 4385 9326 4406 9325 4412 9305 4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 229DEG 35KT 4395 9314
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
MPG1 follow-up statement
221 WWUS53 KMPX 261854 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 154 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025 MNC147-261904- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-250626T1900Z/ Steele MN- 154 PM CDT Thu Jun 26 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the county. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT Thursday for a portion of south central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4385 9326 4406 9325 4412 9305 4385 9305 TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 229DEG 35KT 4396 9312 $$ MPG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 30 days |
| Jun 26, 8:12 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 17 days |
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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.