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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2010Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2010, 8:13 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2010, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2010, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 326 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2010-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

309 
WFUS53 KMPX 180113
TORMPX
MNC047-180145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0030.100618T0113Z-100618T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  FREEBORN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALBERT LEA...
  HAYWARD...
  MANCHESTER...
  TWIN LAKES...
  CLARKS GROVE...
  GLENVILLE...
  GENEVA...
  HOLLANDALE...
  MYRTLE...
  HARTLAND...

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 SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9307 4351 9306 4351 9364 4384 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 265DEG 34KT 4373 9350

$$
1 follow-up statement
902 
WWUS53 KMPX 180136
SVSMPX

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

MNC047-180145-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-100618T0145Z/
FREEBORN MN-
836 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FREEBORN COUNTY UNTIL 845
PM CDT...

AT 832 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLANDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MYRTLE.

LAT...LON 4385 9307 4351 9306 4351 9364 4384 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 274DEG 32KT 4370 9318

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey35 min
Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele, Waseca50 min
Jun 17, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Washington2 hr
Jun 17, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Steele, Waseca47 min
Jun 17, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele47 min
Jun 17, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele23 min
Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca6 hr
Jun 17, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice6 hr
Jun 17, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti43 min
Jun 17, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele34 min
Jun 17, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.