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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 14, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:52 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Richmond, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 142200 TORMPX MNC067-093-145-142245- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0023.090714T2200Z-090714T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 500 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PAYNESVILLE... MANANNAH... EDEN VALLEY... ST NICHOLAS... COLD SPRING... 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 4548 9443 4527 9442 4520 9478 4535 9485 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 257DEG 19KT 4528 9474 $$ LS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 142219 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 519 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNC067-142229- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090714T2245Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 519 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4521 9475 4538 9476 4548 9443 4527 9442 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 248DEG 25KT 4534 9455 $$ MNC093-145-142245- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090714T2245Z/ STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN- 519 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES... AT 519 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDEN VALLEY...OR ABOUT OVER EDEN VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ST NICHOLAS...RICHMOND AND COLD SPRING. 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 4521 9475 4538 9476 4548 9443 4527 9442 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 248DEG 25KT 4534 9455 $$ LS
000 WWUS53 KMPX 142227 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 527 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 MNC093-142237- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090714T2245Z/ MEEKER MN- 527 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MEEKER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4533 9469 4540 9471 4548 9443 4533 9443 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 241DEG 24KT 4538 9450 $$ MNC145-142245- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090714T2245Z/ STEARNS MN- 527 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY... AT 526 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 ST NICHOLAS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 525 PM CDT...A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...COLD SPRING. 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 4533 9469 4540 9471 4548 9443 4533 9443 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 241DEG 24KT 4538 9450 $$ 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, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.