JUNE 28, 2020 MINNESOTA: TORNADO WARNED SUPERCELLS AND A FEW FUNNELS


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First supercell of the day, storm base and intense core near Wells, MN.

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Intense core as the storm crept closer and right at us near Wells, MN.

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Wall cloud organizing on the same storm as we watched directly out ahead.

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Organized, rising scud finger that looked like a funnel but was not. However, wall cloud/lowering was rotating at this point.

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Rising scud finger still present with the wall cloud becoming more ragged near Austin, MN.

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Legit funnel cloud here as we watched the storm near Grand Meadow, MN

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Funnel cloud still there in the middle of the wall cloud and easy to identify inflow tail condensating right to left into the action area.

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Decent structure here of the storm base of a tornado warned supercell near Spring Valley, MN

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Beautiful wall cloud on a tornado warned supercell in the hill country near Preston, MN

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Rotating wall cloud on the storm near Preston, MN. Closest this storm came to dropping a tornado through its life cycle!

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Mesoscale discussion issued at 3:42 PM CDT for southeast Minnesota and north-central / northeast Iowa. Remnant MCV moving through the area and may produce a few funnels and a brief tornado. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2020/md1039.html

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Tornado watch issued at 5:15 PM CDT for southeast Minnesota and a couple counties in northeast Iowa. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/2020/ww0315.html

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Mesoscale discussion issued at 7:20 PM CDT as the severe threat continues. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2020/md1044.html

STORM REPORTS:

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STORM PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOKS:

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