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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2005Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 1:49 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 10, 2005, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 101850
TORMPX
MNC127-101930-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.050610T1849Z-050610T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
149 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 148 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR WALNUT      
  GROVE. THE ASSOCIATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WANDA...
  SEAFORTH...
  WABASSO...
  CLEMENTS...

LAT...LON 4425 9553 4419 9537 4435 9492 4457 9530

$$
RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 101916
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
213 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

MNC127-101930-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-050610T1930Z/
REDWOOD MN-
213 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 210 PM...A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
REVERE.

AT 213 PM CDT...  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
REVERE...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THE STORM WAS 
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WANDA...REVERE AND LAMBERTON.

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 4424 9543 4420 9540 4421 9513 4428 9512
      4435 9492 4436 9522

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown, Redwood61 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville59 min
Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns52 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.