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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 1993Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 7:46 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
29 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, 0.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 582 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-565 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
647 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 080046
TORMSP
MNC129-127-080115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
746 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF
REDWOOD FALLS. THIS TORNADIC STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 40 MILES PER HOUR. CITIES IN THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE REDWOOD FALLS...MORTON...AND HECTOR.
 
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.
 
LUSSKY
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine37 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

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.