449  
WFUS53 KMPX 152037  
TORMPX  
MNC009-097-145-152100-  
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0025.250515T2037Z-250515T2100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
337 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
SOUTH CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 337 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SARTELL, OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST.  
CLOUD, MOVING NORTH AT 35 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...  
SARTELL, SAUK RAPIDS, ROYALTON, BOWLUS, RICE, ST. STEPHEN, OPOLE  
AND ST WENDEL.  
 
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 4578 9446 4590 9447 4588 9412 4564 9415  
4559 9428 4573 9445  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 177DEG 31KT 4566 9428  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN  
 

 
 
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