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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2005Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 7:29 PM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 8:03 PM CDT
In force
34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 7:37 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDRice, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 418 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 110031
TORMPX
MNC009-145-110100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0030.050611T0029Z-050611T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 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 800 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING     
  TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF SARTELL...NEAR SAUK RAPIDS...OR      
  ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAUK RAPIDS...
  SARTELL...
  WAITE PARK...
  ST CLOUD...
  ST STEPHEN...
    
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 4564 9440 4552 9420 4582 9389 4582 9426

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110043
SVSMPX

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

MNC009-145-110100-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050611T0100Z/
BENTON MN-STEARNS MN-
741 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR STEARNS AND
BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 737 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR SARTELL.

AT 739 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
SARTELL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ST CLOUD...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST STEPHEN AND 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 4567 9437 4556 9424 4581 9394 4581 9424
      4576 9430

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 110103
SVSMPX

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

MNC009-145-110115-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050611T0100Z/
BENTON MN-STEARNS MN-
800 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STEARNS AND BENTON COUNTIES EXPIRED 
AT 8 PM...

NO FURTHER REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  THE STORM 
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TORNADO AND OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS HAS WEAKENED 
FURTHER AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. 

SHOWERS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY NEAR RICE... 
MAYHEW AND LITTLE ROCK.  THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. 

LAT...LON 4567 9437 4556 9424 4581 9394 4581 9424
      4576 9430

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 min
Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago26 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope46 min
Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Swift46 min
Jun 11, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns39 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.