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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 1993Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 8:21 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 KSTC 080124 COR
TORSTC
MNC067-093-080200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
821 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY...WESTERN MEEKER COUNTY

SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE LAKE
LILLIAN...GROVE CITY...COSMOS AND LITCHFIELD.

THE RENVILLE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS REPORTED A TORNADO AT 810 PM
NEAR BIRD ISLAND IN RENVILLE...20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR.  THIS
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.


DO NOT TRY TO~ OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR.  LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO
A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A
DITCH OR LOW SPOT.



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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, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville29 min
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley55 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.