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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 9, 2020Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2020, 5:50 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 10 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, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2020, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

915 
WFUS53 KMPX 092250
TORMPX
MNC067-092300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0006.200609T2250Z-200609T2300Z/

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

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

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

* Until 600 PM CDT.
    
* At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Belgrade, or 16 miles north of Willmar, moving
  southwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  New London around 600 PM CDT.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 8 in Minnesota near mile marker 6.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 134 and 143.

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 4537 9516 4542 9494 4534 9477 4524 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 052DEG 12KT 4537 9494 

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

$$

JLT

2 follow-up statements

801 
WWUS53 KMPX 092254
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
554 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

MNC067-092300-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200609T2300Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
554 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...
    
At 554 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near New London, or 16 miles north of Willmar, moving
southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

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

This dangerous storm will be near...
  New London around 610 PM CDT.

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 4537 9516 4542 9494 4534 9477 4524 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 052DEG 12KT 4536 9496 

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

$$

JLT

898 
WWUS53 KMPX 092259
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
559 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

MNC067-092309-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200609T2300Z/
Kandiyohi MN-
559 PM CDT Tue Jun 9 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4537 9516 4542 9494 4534 9477 4524 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 052DEG 12KT 4535 9498 

$$

JLT

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, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	15 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.