Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 19, 2005, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 192129 TORMPX MNC121-192230- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0003.050419T2128Z-050419T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 428 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 422 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...NEAR GLENWOOD...OR ABOUT OVER GLENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLENWOOD... LONG BEACH... STARBUCK... 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 4576 9522 4576 9546 4545 9574 4543 9538 $$ RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 192153 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 453 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 MNC121-192230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050419T2230Z/ POPE MN- 453 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR POPE COUNTY... AT 447 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF GLENWOOD... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...VILLARD... LOWRY...LONG BEACH AND FARWELL. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. LAT...LON 4575 9520 4575 9573 4543 9573 4543 9537 $$ RAH
000 WWUS53 KMPX 192215 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 513 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 MNC121-192230- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050419T2230Z/ POPE MN- 513 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR POPE COUNTY... AT 506 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN LAKE EMILY VIA LAW INFORCEMENT. AT 512 PM CDT...THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF STARBUCK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF BENSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKE EMILY AND RURAL SOUTHWEST POPE COUNTY. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4575 9520 4575 9573 4543 9573 4543 9537 $$ MKM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.