Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2005, 6:18 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2005, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 KMPX 182319
TORMPX
MNC149-190000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0011.050518T2318Z-050519T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
618 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
STEVENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 613 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL
CLOUDS NORTH AND EAST OF DONNELLY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRIS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4571 9626 4556 9610 4554 9581 4575 9579
4576 9624
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 182346
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
645 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
MNC149-190000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050519T0000Z/
STEVENS MN-
645 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 638 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN DONNELLY AND MORRIS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAD JUST REDEVELOPED...AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
LAT...LON 4571 9626 4556 9610 4554 9581 4575 9579
4576 9624
$$
RJN000
WWUS53 KMPX 182359
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
MNC149-190012-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050519T0000Z/
STEVENS MN-
657 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
...TORNADO WARNING BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT FOR STEVENS
COUNTY...
AT 653 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF MORRIS. THE STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STEVENS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
700 PM.
LAT...LON 4571 9626 4556 9610 4554 9581 4575 9579
4576 9624
$$
RJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 52 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 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.