Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 6:38 PM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:39 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W St Joseph, MN | |
| Jun 10, 6:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | St Joseph, MN | NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 94 AND HIGHWAY 2. |
| Jun 10, 7:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Sartell, MN | |
| Jun 10, 7:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Sauk Rapids, MN | |
| Jun 10, 7:37 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Rice, MN |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 102339
TORMPX
MNC009-145-110030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0029.050610T2338Z-050611T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
638 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 633 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
8 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD...NEAR ST JOSEPH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST CLOUD...
SAUK RAPIDS...
ST STEVEN...
SARTELL...
RICE...
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 4545 9453 4544 9423 4556 9415 4581 9392
4582 9426 4578 9427 4576 9448
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 102346
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC009-145-110030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T0030Z/
BENTON MN-STEARNS MN-
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR STEARNS AND
BENTON COUNTIES...
AT 639 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF ST JOSEPH.
AT 642 PM CDT...THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SARTELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...LITTLE
ROCK...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST STEPHEN...ST JOSEPH...
ST CLOUD...RICE...PLEASANT LAKE...HOLDINGFORD...COLD SPRING AND AVON.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4545 9453 4544 9423 4556 9415 4581 9392
4582 9426 4578 9427 4576 9448
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 102354
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
651 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC009-145-110030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T0030Z/
BENTON MN-STEARNS MN-
651 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR STEARNS AND
BENTON COUNTIES...
AT 646 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR ST JOSEPH...ALONG INTERSTATE
94 AND HIGHWAY 2.
AT 650 PM CDT...THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ST JOSEPH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAYHEW...LUXEMBURG...LITTLE
ROCK...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST STEPHEN...ST JOSEPH...SAUK
RAPIDS...ST CLOUD...PLEASANT LAKE...HOLDINGFORD...COLD SPRING AND
AVON.
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 4545 9453 4544 9423 4556 9415 4581 9392
4582 9426 4578 9427 4576 9448
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 110006
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
MNC009-145-110030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050611T0030Z/
BENTON MN-STEARNS MN-
703 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR STEARNS AND
BENTON COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM...A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD
WEST OF SARTELL.
AT 700 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR SARTELL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MAYHEW...LITTLE
ROCK...COLLEGEVILLE...WAITE PARK...ST STEPHEN...ST JOSEPH...SAUK
RAPIDS...ST CLOUD AND RICE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4554 9446 4552 9419 4554 9416 4581 9392
4581 9420 4578 9427 4573 9435
$$The 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, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.