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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2020Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 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 9, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

596 
WFUS53 KMPX 092245
TORMPX
MNC067-092300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0005.200609T2245Z-200609T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
545 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Kandiyohi County in central Minnesota...

* Until 600 PM CDT.
    
* At 545 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Prinsburg, or 14 miles south of Willmar, and is
  nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Kandiyohi County, including the following locations...
  Blomkest.

This includes U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 107 and 114.
 
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.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
The Twin Cities.

&&

LAT...LON 4500 9520 4500 9501 4489 9500 4489 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 250DEG 2KT 4492 9512 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

BPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	48 min
Jun 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	31 min
Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	23 min
Jun 9, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	35 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	33 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	10 min
Jun 9, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	27 min
Jun 9, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	34 min
Jun 9, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	29 min
Jun 9, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	26 min
Jun 9, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.