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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 1993Brown County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1993, 12:20 AM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1993, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1993-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1993-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 KRST 190522
TORRST
MNC015-190545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
1220 AM CDT MON JUL 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN BROWN COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR SANBORN ON HIGHWAY 14...OR 35 MILES WEST
OF NEW ULM. IT WAS TRAVELING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...
LEAVENWORTH...AND SLEEPY EYE.
 
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 GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
TESKE
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa44 min
Jul 18, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville54 min
Jul 19, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville52 min
Jul 19, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet34 min
Jul 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley46 min
Jul 19, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur20 min
Jul 19, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice27 min

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.