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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2025, 5:44 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 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 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, 5:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Kenyon, MN | Barn destroyed, silos destroyed, semi tipped over. Time estimated via radar. |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 W Kenyon, MN | Brief tornado visible in video and photos of structure damage to a farm. Lofted debris blown downstream about a mile. Time estimated from radar. |
| Apr 28, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kenyon, MN | Photos provided of roof damage reported to large commercial warehouse in Kenyon. Time estimated via radar. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.
851
WFUS53 KMPX 282244
TORMPX
MNC049-131-282315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0008.250428T2244Z-250428T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
544 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 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 615 PM CDT.
* At 544 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Faribault, moving northeast at 45 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...
Faribault, Kenyon, Stanton, Warsaw, Nerstrand, Nerstrand Big Woods
State Park, Ruskin and Bombay.
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 4447 9306 4447 9304 4448 9304 4449 9303
4429 9286 4420 9324 4420 9336 4426 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 238DEG 37KT 4424 9331
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CTG2 follow-up statements
700
WWUS53 KMPX 282257
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
557 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
MNC049-131-282315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250428T2315Z/
Goodhue MN-Rice MN-
557 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES...
At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Nerstrand, or 7 miles east of Faribault, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
Locations impacted include...
Kenyon, Nerstrand, Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Ruskin and
Bombay.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built
building away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home,
or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4422 9316 4428 9320 4441 9297 4429 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 238DEG 37KT 4424 9331
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
CTG082 WWUS53 KMPX 282311 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 611 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 MNC049-131-282321- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250428T2315Z/ Goodhue MN-Rice MN- 611 PM CDT Mon Apr 28 2025 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTIES... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for portions of south central and southeast Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4428 9320 4441 9297 4429 9286 4422 9316 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 238DEG 37KT 4432 9314 $$ 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, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 19 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.