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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 1993Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 7:08 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 080008
TORSTC
MNC073-173-080045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
708 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...WESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM ARE PROVIDENCE..DAWSON AND
MADISON.
 
AT 657 CDT A SKYWARN TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH
OF CANBY...32 SOUTHWEST MONTEVIDEO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville29 min
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley55 min
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker39 min
Jun 8, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Houston50 min
Jun 8, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington34 min
Jun 8, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMower33 min
Jun 8, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Mower19 min
Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago52 min
Jun 8, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDodge, Olmsted39 min
Jun 8, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFillmore47 min
Jun 8, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXOlmsted32 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.