Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2009, 5:32 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 142232 TORMPX MNC145-142300- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0025.090714T2232Z-090714T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR ST NICHOLAS...OR ABOUT OVER ST NICHOLAS. RADAR SHOWED THE SEVERE STORM MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... COLD SPRING... ROCKVILLE... PLEASANT LAKE... LUXEMBURG... 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. && LAT...LON 4553 9424 4536 9422 4533 9443 4546 9452 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 248DEG 20KT 4540 9446 $$ 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, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 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.