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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Chisago County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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 11, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 4:34 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chisago County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 4:24 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Ne Rush City, MNFUNNEL CLOUD HAS DISSIPATED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 112108
TORMPX
MNC025-112145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0035.050611T2108Z-050611T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
408 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...NEAR HARRIS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CAMBRIDGE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSH CITY...

LAT...LON 4557 9310 4548 9287 4564 9288 4573 9288
      4573 9312

$$

RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112134
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

MNC025-112145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050611T2145Z/
CHISAGO MN-
433 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHISAGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSH CITY AT 424 PM 
CDT.

THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAS DISSIPATED AND THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM HAS
MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4557 9310 4548 9287 4564 9288 4573 9288
      4573 9312

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Stearns34 min
Jun 11, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue48 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.