Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:33 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 34 min |
| 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, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 39 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.