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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 1993Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1993, 12:08 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 1993, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 1993, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 190510
TORMSP
MNC129-127-190600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1208 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY
 
THE POLICE REPORT A TORNADO AT FRANKLIN ALONG HIGHWAY 19 ABOUT 10 MILES
EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE
REPORTED IN EAST REDWOOD COUNTY.
 
ANOTHER TORNADO IS REPORTED NEAR SANBORN ON HIGHWAY 14 BY A TRUCKER
WHO REPORTS VERY RAPID EAST MOVEMENT. STORM MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING
WALLS.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GTO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
TOGSTAD
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	44 min
Jul 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Redwood, Renville	54 min
Jul 19, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown	25 min
Jul 19, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet	34 min
Jul 19, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	46 min
Jul 19, 1:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Le Sueur	20 min
Jul 19, 2:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice	27 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.