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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 18, 2005Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2005, 6:58 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chippewa County, MN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 182359
TORMPX
MNC023-190030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0013.050518T2358Z-050519T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
  7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYNARD...OR NORTH OF GRANITE                 
  FALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAYNARD...
  ASBURY...
  GLUEK...
  CLARA CITY...

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 4493 9570 4478 9550 4489 9548 4495 9529
      4515 9560

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStevens42 min
May 18, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift52 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.