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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2009, 10:14 PM CDT for Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin; Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Aug 8, 2009, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2009, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, MN, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 10:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw East Farmington, WI | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD. |
| Aug 8, 10:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E East Farmington, WI | ABOUT SIX TREES DOWNED FROM A DOWNBURST. |
| Aug 8, 10:37 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | New Richmond, WI | REPORTED BY AIRPORT MANAGER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 3715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.8
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 090314 TORMPX MNC163-WIC095-109-090345- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0033.090809T0314Z-090809T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1014 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... NORTHWESTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 1013 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR MARINE ON ST CROIX...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEW RICHMOND... SOMERSET... STAR PRAIRIE... HUNTINGTON... MARINE ON ST CROIX... AREAS EAST OF EAST FARMINGTON... 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. && LAT...LON 4528 9247 4511 9241 4510 9279 4521 9284 TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 253DEG 22KT 4517 9277 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 090326 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1026 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009 MNC163-090334- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090809T0345Z/ WASHINGTON MN- 1026 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE STORM HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE ARE NO MORE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR ANY PART OF WASHINGTON COUNTY AT THIS TIME. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4510 9270 4523 9274 4528 9247 4511 9241 TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 253DEG 22KT 4519 9267 $$ WIC095-109-090345- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-090809T0345Z/ POLK WI-ST. CROIX WI- 1026 PM CDT SAT AUG 8 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. CROIX AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES... AT 1023 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... NEW RICHMOND...STAR PRAIRIE...HUNTINGTON AND AREAS EAST OF EAST FARMINGTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OR PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. && LAT...LON 4510 9270 4523 9274 4528 9247 4511 9241 TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 253DEG 22KT 4519 9267 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 32 min |
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.