Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:43 PM CDT for Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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 29, 2005, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lyon County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Se Marshall, MN | |
| Jun 29, 5:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 E Marshall, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 292244 TORFSD MNC083-292315- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0012.050629T2243Z-050629T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 543 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER LYON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN IN... RURAL LYON COUNTY SOUTH AND EAST OF MARSHALL A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4439 9584 4431 9580 4434 9560 4449 9560 $$ SCHUMACHER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 292252 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 550 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC083-292315- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050629T2315Z/ LYON MN- 550 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LYON COUNTY... AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AT 551 PM CDT...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4439 9584 4431 9580 4434 9560 4449 9560 $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS53 KFSD 292256 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 554 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC083-292315- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050629T2315Z/ LYON MN- 554 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LYON COUNTY... AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 553 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF MILROY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4439 9584 4431 9580 4434 9560 4449 9560 $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS53 KFSD 292317 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 617 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 MNC083-292327- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050629T2315Z/ LYON MN- 617 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LYON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4439 9584 4431 9580 4434 9560 4449 9560 $$ SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 24 min |
| Jun 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.