Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:16 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 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, 7:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Geneva, MN | NEAR I-35 AND FREEBORN CR 35...ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH FUNNEL DROPPING TOWARDS THE GROUND. |
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | Geneva, MN | CONDENSATION FUNNEL CLOSE TO GROUND. DEBRIS CLOUD NOTED DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH. TREES DAMAGED ON EAST EDGE OF GENEVA. |
| Jun 17, 7:35 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 4 W Blooming Prairie, MN | PHOTOS RELAYED BY KTTC METEOROLOGIST. HAIL MEASURED 3.25 INCHES. |
| Jun 17, 7:37 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Blooming Prairie, MN | |
| Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Blooming Prairie, MN | NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALSO REPORTED |
| Jun 17, 7:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Blooming Prairie, MN | TORNADO JUST NORTH OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 180016 TORMPX MNC047-147-180100- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0007.090618T0016Z-090618T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 716 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 715 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STEELE CENTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BIXBY... BLOOMING PRAIRIE... 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 4397 9337 4403 9304 4379 9304 4373 9328 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 267DEG 37KT 4389 9315 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 180053 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 753 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 MNC047-147-180100- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090618T0100Z/ STEELE MN-FREEBORN MN- 753 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTIES... AT 751 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES EAST OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF OSLO...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE.... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. && LAT...LON 4387 9318 4390 9304 4379 9304 4377 9315 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 267DEG 37KT 4391 9263 $$
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, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 31 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.