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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 6, 1999Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1999, 5:47 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1999, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1999, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 5:51 PM CDTHail 0.75Becker, MN
Jun 6, 5:52 PM CDTHail 0.75Sauk Rapids, MNOccurred in portion of city of St. Cloud in Benton county.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 6, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1999-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1851 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 12:00Z on 1999-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 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
1851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

439 
WFUS1 KMSP 062250 RRA
TORMSP
MNC009-141-145-062315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED PIL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
547 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SOUTHEAST STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 547 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEAR LAKE...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  FOLEY
  CLEAR LAKE
  
GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine47 min
Jun 5, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Martin53 min
Jun 5, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca42 min
Jun 5, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue43 min
Jun 5, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele25 min
Jun 5, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville49 min
Jun 5, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi29 min
Jun 6, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison26 min
Jun 6, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd31 min
Jun 6, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns34 min
Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright27 min
Jun 6, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault28 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Scott, Sibley35 min
Jun 6, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver35 min
Jun 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright26 min
Jun 6, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne34 min
Jun 6, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott24 min
Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan50 min
Jun 6, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs47 min
Jun 6, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright45 min
Jun 6, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley38 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington43 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue26 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, McLeod, Sherburne, Wright43 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley43 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.