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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2025, 6:59 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 17, 2025, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
819
WFUS53 KMPX 172359
TORMPX
MNC043-180030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0077.250817T2359Z-250818T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
659 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South Central Faribault County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles southwest of Frost, or 26 miles east
of Fairmont, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Elmore and Frost.
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 4350 9408 4364 9407 4363 9381 4350 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 193DEG 12KT 4351 9399
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
BED2 follow-up statements
214
WWUS53 KMPX 180018
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
718 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
MNC043-180030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-250818T0030Z/
Faribault MN-
718 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY...
At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Frost, or 27 miles east of Fairmont, moving
northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Frost.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4354 9401 4364 9401 4363 9381 4353 9390
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 202DEG 14KT 4352 9398
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
BED820 WWUS53 KMPX 180027 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 727 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 MNC043-180037- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-250818T0030Z/ Faribault MN- 727 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FARIBAULT COUNTY... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. && LAT...LON 4354 9401 4364 9401 4363 9381 4353 9390 TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 202DEG 14KT 4359 9394 $$ BED
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 15 days |
| Aug 17, 1:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Waseca | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 6:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Watonwan, Yellow Medicine | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 6 days |
| Aug 17, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Brown | 6 days |
| Aug 17, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 59 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:17 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 20 hr |
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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.