Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Renville County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Fairfax, MN | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEAR FAIRFAX. |
| Jun 10, 4:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Nw Fairfax, MN | PENCIL SHAPED FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 102032
TORMPX
MNC129-102130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0028.050610T2031Z-050610T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RENVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 326 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO...17 MILES SOUTH OF OLIVIA...NEAR REDWOOD FALLS... MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLIVIA...
BECHYN...
FRANKLIN...
DANUBE...
BIRD ISLAND...
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 4472 9533 4457 9505 4448 9482 4489 9452
4489 9518
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 102058
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC129-102130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050610T2130Z/
RENVILLE MN-
358 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE
COUNTY...
AT 353 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BECHYN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
OLIVIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RENVILLE...HECTOR...FAIRFAX...
DANUBE AND BIRD ISLAND.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4470 9528 4457 9505 4448 9472 4470 9465
4489 9452 4489 9518
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 102112
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
411 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC129-102130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050610T2130Z/
RENVILLE MN-
411 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR RENVILLE
COUNTY...
AT 407 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER
5 MILES WEST OF FAIRFAX. IT HAD DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER IT FORMED.
AT 406 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FAIRFAX...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLIVIA...HECTOR...FRANKLIN AND
BIRD ISLAND.
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 4459 9504 4447 9476 4447 9463 4470 9465
4489 9452 4489 9500
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 102128
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
426 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC129-102146-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050610T2130Z/
RENVILLE MN-
426 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENVILLE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM
CDT...
NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN RENVILLE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE LAST FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT WAS 5 MILES WEST OF FAIRFAX AT 407 PM.
ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN RENVILLE COUNTY UNTIL 530
PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENVILLE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
430 PM.
LAT...LON 4459 9504 4447 9476 4447 9463 4470 9465
4489 9452 4489 9500
$$
RJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.