Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Scott County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
- May 9, 2005, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 092236 TORMPX MNC079-139-143-092330- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0010.050509T2235Z-050509T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 535 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTRHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 534 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...22 MILES WEST OF NEW PRAGUE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW PRAGUE... HENDERSON... BELLE PLAINE... JORDAN... LAT...LON 4461 9419 4445 9410 4449 9358 4471 9354 $$ JPR
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 092304 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 602 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 MNC143-092312- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050509T2330Z/ SIBLEY MN- 602 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE SIBLEY COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4462 9384 4446 9391 4449 9358 4471 9354 $$ MNC079-139-092330- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050509T2330Z/ SCOTT MN-LE SUEUR MN- 602 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LE SUEUR AND SCOTT COUNTIES... AT 559 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WEAK ROTATION IN A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLE PLAINE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PETER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST BENEDICT...HELENA...NEW PRAGUE...JORDAN AND HEIDELBERG. LAT...LON 4462 9384 4446 9391 4449 9358 4471 9354 $$ JPR
000 WWUS53 KMPX 092313 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 613 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 MNC079-139-092323- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050509T2330Z/ SCOTT MN-LE SUEUR MN- 613 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LE SUEUR AND SCOTT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TORNADIC. THEREFORE... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4462 9384 4446 9391 4449 9358 4471 9354 $$ JPR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 65 min |
| May 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 2 more | 53 min |
| May 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.