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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2005, 7:32 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 8:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Swift County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 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 190032 TORMPX MNC023-067-151-190100- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0014.050519T0032Z-050519T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 732 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 729 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MURDOCK... OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DE GRAFF... MURDOCK... KERKHOVEN... PENNOCK... SUNBURG... 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. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4540 9547 4507 9554 4501 9515 4540 9502 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 190107 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 804 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 MNC023-067-151-190119- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050519T0100Z/ KANDIYOHI MN-SWIFT MN-CHIPPEWA MN- 804 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA...SWIFT AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 800 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED OVER CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTY. AT 8 PM...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SVEA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE...NEW LONDON... SPICER...WILLMAR AND SUNBURG AREAS THROUGH 830 PM. SPOTTERS WERE WATCHING THE STORMS CLOSELY...IN THE EVENT THEY INTENSIFY. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. LAT...LON 4540 9547 4507 9554 4501 9515 4540 9502 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 37 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.