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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2005Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 2:29 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 101929
TORMPX
MNC015-127-102030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0027.050610T1929Z-050610T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
229 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
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...NEAR LAMBERTON...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD
  FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WANDA...
  SANBORN...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  EVAN...
  COBDEN...

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 4430 9535 4420 9534 4420 9509 4412 9509
      4411 9472 4439 9484

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 102005
SVSMPX

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

MNC015-127-102030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050610T2030Z/
REDWOOD MN-BROWN MN-
303 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR BROWN AND REDWOOD
COUNTIES...

AT 254 PM...AN OFF DUTY POLICEMAN REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD REACHING 
ABOUT HALF WAY TO THE GROUND AND THEN LIFTING BACK INTO THE CLOUDS 
NEAR LUCAN...IN WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY.  

AT 300 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CLEMENTS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD 
FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WANDA...WABASSO...
VESTA...SPRINGFIELD...SLEEPY EYE...SEAFORTH...SANBORN...REDWOOD 
FALLS...NEW ULM...MORGAN...LUCAN...LAMBERTON...EVAN...DELHI AND 
COBDEN.

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 4446 9549 4420 9534 4420 9509 4422 9482
      4430 9443 4449 9488 4466 9529 4457 9532

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood41 min
Jun 10, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville59 min
Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns52 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.