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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2010Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2010, 6:03 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 2010, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Monticello, MN	BRIEF DEBRIS CLOUD ROUGHLY 3 MILES WEST OF FENNING AVE NE MOTICELLO.
Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Monticello, MN
Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	N Monticello, MN	NEAR SHERBORNE/WRIGHT BORDER ON HWY 95 NON ROTATING WALL CLOUD. CORRECTION FOR WEATHER EVENT...ORIGINALLY WENT OUT UNDER A FLASH FLOOD.
Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Se Princeton, MN	LARGE ROTATING WALL CLOUD...TREES HINDERING VIEW. ON BORDER OF SHERBURNE AND MILE LACS
Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Elk River, MN
Jun 17, 6:52 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Elk River, 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
Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

333 
WFUS53 KMPX 172303
TORMPX
MNC141-171-172345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0017.100617T2303Z-100617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
603 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF BUFFALO...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO...
  ST MICHAEL...
  BECKER...
  ALBERTVILLE...
  BIG LAKE...
  OTSEGO...
  ELK RIVER...
  ZIMMERMAN...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

&&

LAT...LON 4525 9352 4524 9354 4521 9361 4522 9362
      4519 9366 4533 9394 4556 9371 4555 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 224DEG 31KT 4525 9383

$$

TRH/MTF

1 follow-up statement

325 
WWUS53 KMPX 172312
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

MNC141-171-172345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100617T2345Z/
SHERBURNE MN-WRIGHT MN-
612 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT AND
EASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 607 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF BUFFALO.  
THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS NOW LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...OR 22 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALBERTVILLE...BECKER...BIG LAKE...OTSEGO...ELK RIVER AND ZIMMERMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4525 9352 4524 9354 4521 9361 4522 9362
      4519 9366 4533 9394 4556 9371 4555 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 217DEG 29KT 4530 9380

$$

TRH/MTF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	25 min
Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	49 min
Jun 17, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Todd	90 min
Jun 17, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	61 min
Jun 17, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Swift	55 min
Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	63 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	39 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	20 min
Jun 17, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	47 min
Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Douglas	30 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	40 min
Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan	50 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Renville	61 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	37 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	52 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville, Sibley	54 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	34 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	59 min
Jun 17, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	59 min
Jun 17, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Watonwan	50 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	47 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	43 min
Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault	25 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright	53 min
Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	55 min
Jun 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca	65 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	47 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	32 min
Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca	28 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	25 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne	51 min
Jun 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	31 min
Jun 17, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	49 min
Jun 17, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	17 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Watonwan	60 min
Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs	53 min
Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville	24 min
Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	30 min
Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet	29 min
Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	62 min
Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright	55 min
Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	39 min
Jun 17, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	33 min
Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	46 min
Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	41 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Sherburne	34 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.