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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 5:53 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2005, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 112254
TORMPX
MNC145-112330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0038.050611T2253Z-050611T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 550 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUK CENTRE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAUK CENTRE...
  ELROSA...
  MELROSE...
  GREENWALD...
  BROOTEN...

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 4549 9512 4543 9494 4577 9470 4576 9512

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112313
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-112330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050611T2330Z/
STEARNS MN-
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MEIRE GROVE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF
GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 2 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PADUA...SPRING HILL...SAUK
CENTRE...MELROSE...GREENWALD AND ELROSA.

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 4549 9512 4542 9487 4577 9470 4576 9512

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112332
SVSMPX

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

MNC145-112341-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-050611T2330Z/
STEARNS MN-
631 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY EXPIRED AT 630 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM...RADAR INDICATED NO FURTHER INDICATION OF A TORNADO IN 
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED BETWEEN MELROSE AND 
ST ROSA AT 630 PM...BUT THE STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE. THEY WERE MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 4549 9512 4542 9487 4577 9470 4576 9512

$$

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, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Swift46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.