Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 26 min |
| Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Swift | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 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.