Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT for Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 142148 TORMPX MNC121-145-142230- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0022.090714T2148Z-090714T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 448 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 448 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOTEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PADUA... ELROSA... SPRING HILL... GREENWALD... MEIRE GROVE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4570 9486 4551 9476 4543 9517 4556 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 246DEG 28KT 4553 9514 $$ LS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 142203 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 503 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNC121-142212- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090714T2230Z/ POPE MN- 503 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POPE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4545 9513 4561 9513 4570 9486 4551 9476 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 246DEG 28KT 4557 9499 $$ MNC145-142230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090714T2230Z/ STEARNS MN- 503 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY... AT 501 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF ELROSA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...MEIRE GROVE...GREENWALD AND SPRING HILL. AN ADDITIONAL TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT DUE TO A DIFFERENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. && LAT...LON 4545 9513 4561 9513 4570 9486 4551 9476 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 246DEG 28KT 4557 9499 $$ LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 78 min |
| Jul 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Swift | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 48 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.