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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2025, 5:41 PM CDT for Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 19 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
- Apr 28, 2025, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
108
WFUS53 KMPX 282241
TORMPX
MNC147-282300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0007.250428T2241Z-250428T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
541 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Steele County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 541 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Owatonna, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Owatonna, Medford, Clinton Falls, Merton, Moland, Owatonna Airport
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 4420 9320 4420 9305 4404 9305 4404 9338
4415 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 250DEG 45KT 4410 9330
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
392
WWUS53 KMPX 282251
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
551 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
MNC147-282300-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250428T2300Z/
Steele MN-
551 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
STEELE COUNTY...
At 551 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northeast of Owatonna, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Owatonna, Merton, Moland and Rice Lake State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4404 9305 4404 9323 4420 9320 4420 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 250DEG 45KT 4410 9329
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CTG256 WWUS53 KMPX 282258 RRA SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 558 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 MNC147-282308- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250428T2300Z/ Steele MN- 558 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. 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 4420 9320 4420 9305 4404 9305 4404 9323 TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 250DEG 45KT 4414 9312 $$ CTG
The 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, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 45 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, 5:44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.