Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2009, 8:08 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2009, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Alden, MN | THREE QUARTERS ON WAY TO THE GROUND. |
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Alden, MN | |
| Jun 21, 8:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Conger, MN | TOUCH DOWN SOME DEBRIS. |
| Jun 21, 8:59 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 S Manchester, MN | THREE QUARTERS TO THE GROUND. |
| Jun 21, 9:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Twin Lakes, MN | A SECOND BRIEF TOUCHDOWN BEFORE WRAPPING BACK INTO RAIN SWEPT CLOUDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 220108
TORMPX
MNC043-047-220215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0015.090622T0108Z-090622T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
808 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 807 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
WALTERS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIESTER. RADAR SHOWED THE
TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD...
CONGER...
ALDEN...
MANCHESTER...
ALBERT LEA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9381 4381 9346 4361 9331 4349 9368
4349 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 238DEG 9KT 4360 9367
$$
JLT7 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 220111
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
811 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009
MNC043-047-220215-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/
FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-
811 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES...
AT 806 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WALTERS OR
NORTH OF KIESTER.
AT 810 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WALTERS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIESTER...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MANSFIELD...ALDEN...
CONGER...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4364 9381 4381 9346 4361 9331 4349 9368
4349 9370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 238DEG 9KT 4360 9366
$$
JLT000 WWUS53 KMPX 220120 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 820 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC043-220128- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FARIBAULT MN- 820 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 4350 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 238DEG 9KT 4362 9361 $$ MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 820 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 818 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD...OR ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF CONGER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALDEN...CONGER...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 4350 9365 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 238DEG 9KT 4362 9361 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220136 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 836 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 836 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 836 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDEN...OR ABOUT OVER ALDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4358 9365 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 222DEG 10KT 4367 9357 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220137 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 837 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 837 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF ALDEN. AT 837 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDEN...OR ABOUT OVER ALDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA AND MANCHESTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4358 9365 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 222DEG 10KT 4367 9357 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220149 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 849 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 849 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF ALDEN. AT 848 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDEN...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4358 9365 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 222DEG 10KT 4370 9354 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220155 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 855 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 855 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 855 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ALBERT LEA AND MANCHESTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4358 9365 4370 9365 4381 9346 4361 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 222DEG 10KT 4370 9353 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220201 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 901 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC047-220215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090622T0215Z/ FREEBORN MN- 901 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY... AT 900 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCHESTER...OR ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS HAD OBSERVED A POSSIBLE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER AT 858 PM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MANCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4360 9349 4373 9359 4381 9346 4361 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 230DEG 12KT 4371 9350 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Freeborn | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 12 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.