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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 19, 2005Pope County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 2005-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.