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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2025, 7:55 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 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, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2025, 8:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
722
WFUS53 KMPX 180055
TORMPX
MNC161-180130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0080.250818T0055Z-250818T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
755 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Waseca County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 755 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Waldorf, or 20 miles southeast of
Mankato, moving east at 10 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...
Waldorf and Otisco.
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 4391 9374 4396 9377 4398 9377 4406 9357
4393 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 250DEG 8KT 4396 9371
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
$$
BED1 follow-up statement
605
WWUS53 KMPX 180116
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
816 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
MNC161-180126-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-250818T0130Z/
Waseca MN-
816 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025
...TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN WASECA COUNTY...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4391 9374 4396 9377 4398 9377 4406 9357
4393 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 250DEG 8KT 4396 9370
$$
BEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Steele, Waseca | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 118 min |
| Aug 17, 10:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 82 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.