Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2026
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2026, 3:55 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 13, 2026, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2026, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
479
WFUS53 KMPX 132055
TORMPX
MNC131-132130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0001.260413T2055Z-260413T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
355 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Rice County in south central Minnesota...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 355 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Faribault, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball 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.
* This tornado will be near...
Faribault around 400 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Ruskin and Nerstrand
Big Woods 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 4436 9327 4441 9304 4425 9304 4425 9325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 262DEG 12KT 4431 9320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
Dunleavy2 follow-up statements
209
WWUS53 KMPX 132117
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
417 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026
MNC131-132130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260413T2130Z/
Rice MN-
417 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL RICE COUNTY...
At 417 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Nerstrand, or 10 miles southeast of Northfield,
moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Nerstrand around 420 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by the tornado include Nerstrand Big Woods
State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a well-built building
away from windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a
vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself
from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4438 9316 4441 9304 4428 9304 4430 9313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 260DEG 13KT 4433 9316
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN
$$
JRB837 WWUS53 KMPX 132126 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 426 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 MNC131-132136- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260413T2130Z/ Rice MN- 426 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026 ...TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY... 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 1000 PM CDT Monday for a portion of south central Minnesota. && LAT...LON 4438 9316 4441 9304 4428 9304 4430 9313 TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 260DEG 13KT 4434 9304 $$ JRB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 67 min |
| Apr 13, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 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.