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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Swift County, MN
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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 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 182339 TORMPX MNC151-190030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0012.050518T2338Z-050519T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 638 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 633 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENSON...NEAR THE SWIFT AND CHIPPEWA COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENSON... BIG BAND CITY... DANVERS... CLONTARF... 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 4540 9590 4515 9584 4516 9555 4541 9548 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 190010 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 707 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 MNC151-190030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050519T0030Z/ SWIFT MN- 707 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SWIFT COUNTY... AT 703 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT SOUTH OF DE GRAFF...ALONG HIGHWAY 29. AT 703 PM CDT...THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE GRAFF...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BENSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MURDOCK AND KERKHOVEN. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. LAT...LON 4526 9564 4516 9566 4516 9526 4527 9527 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 190029 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 728 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 MNC151-190044- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050519T0030Z/ SWIFT MN- 728 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SWIFT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 7 MILES SOUTH OF BENSON AT 703 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4526 9564 4516 9566 4516 9526 4527 9527 $$ RJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens | 42 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.