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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2004Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2004, 5:40 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2004, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Sw Ellendale, MN
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Sw Ellendale, MN
Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 Ene Hartland, MNMEASURED
Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 Ene Hartland, MNMEASURED
Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Ene Hartland, MN
Jun 11, 5:45 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Ene Hartland, MN
Jun 11, 5:47 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDEllendale, MN
Jun 11, 5:47 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDEllendale, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2004-06-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 112240
TORMPX
MNC047-147-112315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
539 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 534 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  JUST SOUTH OF HARTLAND. THE ASSOCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS     
  MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GENEVA.
  ELLENDALE. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100
PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4384 9357 4372 9350 4386 9309 4419 9315
      4385 9341

$$
NAISTAT/MARGRAF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood41 min
Jun 11, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine44 min
Jun 11, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood62 min
Jun 11, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville64 min
Jun 11, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville64 min
Jun 11, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin54 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault62 min
Jun 11, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley64 min
Jun 11, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault33 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth40 min
Jun 11, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca39 min
Jun 11, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright59 min
Jun 11, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet49 min
Jun 11, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca44 min
Jun 11, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey56 min
Jun 11, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice51 min
Jun 11, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.