Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2005, 3:17 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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 20, 2005, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2005, 3:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | S Ihlen, MN | HAIL WAS REPORTED BETWEEN IHLEN AND JASPER |
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Jasper, MN | UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO. |
| Jun 20, 3:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Jasper, MN | |
| Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Ihlen, MN | ROTATION OVER JASPER AT 327 PM. |
| Jun 20, 3:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Jasper, MN | |
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Jasper, MN | |
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Jasper, MN | |
| Jun 20, 3:53 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Wsw Jasper, 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 20, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 3072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 202017 TORFSD MNC117-133-202045- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0009.050620T2017Z-050620T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 317 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWEST PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIPESTONE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JASPER AROUND 335 PM CDT TROSKY AROUND 345 PM CDT THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4392 9646 4375 9645 4375 9606 4390 9619 $$ 08
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 202029 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 329 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC117-133-202045- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050620T2045Z/ PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN- 329 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN ROCK AND SOUTHWEST PIPESTONE COUNTIES... AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JASPER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF PIPESTONE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TROSKY AROUND 340 PM CDT HARDWICK AROUND 345 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4392 9646 4375 9645 4375 9606 4390 9619 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 202037 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 335 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC117-133-202045- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050620T2045Z/ PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN- 335 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR ROCK AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES... AT 335 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JASPER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF PIPESTONE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HARDWICK AROUND 345 PM CDT AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED 8 MILES EAST OF DELL RAPIDS AT 325 PM CDT...WHICH WOULD HAVE PLACED IT NEAR THE JASPER AREA. THE STRONGEST ROTATION HAS MOVED MAINLY INTO NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY AT 335 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4392 9646 4375 9645 4375 9606 4390 9619 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 202049 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 348 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 MNC117-133-202058- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050620T2045Z/ PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN- 348 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN ROCK AND SOUTHWEST PIPESTONE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM CDT... THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED AND THE MAIN THREAT HAS SHIFTED EAST AND BECOME A STRAIGHT LINE WIND THREAT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4392 9646 4375 9645 4375 9606 4390 9619 $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Jackson | 3 hr |
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.