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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 1993Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Morrison County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 252300
TORSTC
MNC097-252315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
600 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...MORRISON COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM CDT THE MORRISON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
LINCOLN MN...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH. SOME CITES IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM ARE RANDALL...FORT
RIPLEY AND LITTLE FALLS.
 
 
SEEK SHELTER IN THE BASEMENT UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
 
 
 
NNNN

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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.