Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2005, 7:43 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2005, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Renville County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 190045
TORMPX
MNC129-190130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0015.050519T0043Z-050519T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO...NEAR OLIVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIRD ISLAND...
OLIVIA...
DANUBE...
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 4489 9530 4455 9498 4448 9473 4488 9455
4489 9475
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 190108
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
806 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
MNC129-190130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050519T0130Z/
RENVILLE MN-
806 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE
COUNTY...
AT 800 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BIRD ISLAND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OLIVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HECTOR...AND BIRD ISLAND.
LAT...LON 4489 9530 4455 9498 4448 9473 4488 9455
4489 9475
$$
RJN000
WWUS53 KMPX 190120
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
MNC129-190135-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050519T0130Z/
RENVILLE MN-
820 PM CDT WED MAY 18 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENVILLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TORNADIC. THEREFORE...
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4489 9530 4455 9498 4448 9473 4488 9455
4489 9475
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 35 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.