Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:14 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:42 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Waterville, MN | ROTATING WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 180014
TORMPX
MNC079-131-180045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0006.090618T0014Z-090618T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
714 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 711 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENLAND...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GREENLAND...
ELYSIAN...
WARSAW...
WATERVILLE...
MORRISTOWN...
KILKENNY...
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.
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 4424 9377 4424 9381 4431 9386 4439 9350
4420 9333 4420 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 258DEG 14KT 4425 9378
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 180033
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
MNC079-131-180045-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090618T0045Z/
LE SUEUR MN-RICE MN-
733 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 731 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENLAND...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH
OF ELYSIAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...KILKENNY...WATERVILLE AND
MORRISTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4427 9377 4433 9376 4439 9350 4420 9333
4420 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 258DEG 14KT 4426 9368
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Waseca, Watonwan | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 113 min |
| Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 61 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.