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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Douglas County, Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 6:16 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 5:33 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Sedan, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 112231
TORMPX
MNC041-121-151-112315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0037.050611T2230Z-050611T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  POPE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD
  3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD...

LAT...LON 4538 9554 4530 9531 4576 9515 4606 9527

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112239
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-121-151-112315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050611T2315Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
537 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SWIFT...POPE AND
DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 733 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ONE MILE NORTH OF SEDONA IN EASTERN
POPE COUNTY.

AT 535 PM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLARD...OR 
ABOUT 4 MILES ENE OF GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SWIFT FALLS...GROVE LAKE...
GILCHRIST...SEDAN...NELSON...FORADA AND CARLOS.

LAT...LON 4538 9554 4530 9531 4576 9515 4606 9527

$$
AZ
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112316
SVSMPX

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

MNC041-121-151-112324-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-050611T2325Z/
DOUGLAS MN-POPE MN-SWIFT MN-
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SWIFT...POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED AT 615 PM CDT...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 

LAT...LON 4538 9554 4530 9531 4576 9515 4606 9527

$$

AJZ

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, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago26 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope46 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.