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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2009, 6:19 PM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brown County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Springfield, MN | SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED SEEING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND LEVANWORTH. REPORTS RECEIVED BETWEEN 628 AND 643 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 192319 TORMPX MNC015-192345- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0051.090819T2319Z-090819T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 619 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 617 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COBDEN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... COBDEN... LEAVENWORTH... 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. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT A SMALL TORNADO IS IMMINENT... BUT WILL NOT LIKELY BE ON THE GROUND FOR A LONG TIME...OR CAUSE WIDESPREAD SEVERE DAMAGE. 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. && LAT...LON 4429 9466 4415 9465 4422 9497 4428 9494 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 287DEG 15KT 4426 9488 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Swift | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 21 min |
| Aug 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 44 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.