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Tornado Watch 474

June 28, 202537 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 28, 2025, 6:36 PM CDT for 37 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2025, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 48 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Big Stone County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
40%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

57 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens, Swift46 min
Jun 28, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope, Swift23 min
Jun 28, 7:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRDeuel37 min
Jun 28, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle29 min
Jun 28, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine46 min
Jun 28, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens, Swift59 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope31 min
Jun 28, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle21 min
Jun 28, 7:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDeuel6 hr
Jun 28, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift28 min
Jun 28, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope, Stevens35 min
Jun 28, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel28 min
Jun 28, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDeuel40 min
Jun 28, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd38 min
Jun 28, 8:20 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXYellow Medicine40 min
Jun 28, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas19 min
Jun 28, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift40 min
Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift32 min
Jun 28, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant45 min
Jun 28, 8:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine44 min
Jun 28, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd24 min
Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRTraverse61 min
Jun 28, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi53 min
Jun 28, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin21 min
Jun 28, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi12 min
Jun 28, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin26 min
Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns, Todd38 min
Jun 28, 9:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine4 hr
Jun 28, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine19 min
Jun 28, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns39 min
Jun 28, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine35 min
Jun 28, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin47 min
Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns40 min
Jun 28, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDeuel38 min
Jun 28, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville33 min
Jun 28, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison36 min
Jun 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 28, 10:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin6 hr
Jun 28, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 1 more47 min
Jun 28, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin46 min
Jun 28, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon42 min
Jun 28, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs20 min
Jun 28, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine57 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury37 min
Jun 28, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley53 min
Jun 28, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne and 2 more46 min
Jun 28, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody49 min
Jun 28, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner44 min
Jun 28, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin35 min
Jun 29, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin37 min
Jun 29, 12:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSherburne, Wright95 min
Jun 29, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDLincoln, Pipestone46 min
Jun 29, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley30 min
Jun 29, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin43 min
Jun 29, 12:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Scott25 min
Jun 29, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Miner25 min
Jun 29, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey23 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2025-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2025-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 12:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBecker, Big Stone, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Norman and 4 more58 min
Jun 28, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Norman84 min
Jun 28, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Stone, Clay, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Norman, Stevens and 2 more86 min
Jun 28, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more4 hr
Jun 27, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 28 more87 min
Jun 27, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton35 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Minnehaha, Union5 hr
Jun 27, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Buffalo, Davison, Douglas and 12 more56 min
Jun 27, 11:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Lincoln, Union88 min
Jun 28, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButte, Harding, Lawrence118 min
Jun 28, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBennett, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette and 4 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.