Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2009, 8:28 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Wsw Baroda, MN | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. NOW LIFTING AND REFORMING. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 220128 TORMPX MNC043-047-220200- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0016.090622T0128Z-090622T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 828 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 826 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR WELLS...OR ABOUT OVER WELLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WELLS... BARODA... HARTLAND... FREEBORN... 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 4385 9350 4380 9347 4367 9371 4381 9379 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 283DEG 11KT 4376 9373 $$ JLT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220142 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 842 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC043-047-220200- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090622T0200Z/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 842 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN AND NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES... AT 841 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARODA...OR ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF WELLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...FREEBORN AND HARTLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4385 9350 4380 9347 4367 9371 4381 9379 TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 283DEG 11KT 4375 9367 $$ JLT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 220158 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 858 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 MNC043-047-220208- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-090622T0200Z/ FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN- 858 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN AND NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT... TORNADIC SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4385 9350 4380 9347 4367 9371 4381 9379 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 283DEG 11KT 4374 9361 $$ 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, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Faribault | 3 hr |
| 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.