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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2019Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT for Chisago County, Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 28, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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
Jul 28, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2019-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2019-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

743 
WFUS53 KMPX 282115
TORMPX
MNC025-059-282145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0037.190728T2115Z-190728T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
415 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Chisago County in east central Minnesota...
  North central Isanti County in east central Minnesota...

* Until 445 PM CDT.
    
* At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Cambridge, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Chisago and north central Isanti Counties, including
  the following locations... Grandy and Stanchfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4557 9320 4561 9330 4574 9323 4573 9302
      4573 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 210DEG 27KT 4564 9320 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXMcLeod41 min
Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne38 min
Jul 28, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka22 min
Jul 28, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago, Washington35 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod26 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.