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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Douglas County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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 13, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Douglas County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 132308
TORMPX
MNC041-132330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0039.050613T2307Z-050613T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 602 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR LEAF VALLEY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILLERVILLE...
  LEAF VALLEY...

LAT...LON 4595 9546 4606 9526 4610 9529 4611 9566

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132323
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

MNC041-132330-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050613T2330Z/
DOUGLAS MN-
622 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

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

AT 620 PM...MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND BRANDON.

AT 618 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
EVANSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...LEAF VALLEY...BELLE
RIVER...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...GARFIELD...CARLOS AND BRANDON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4590 9566 4594 9516 4610 9529 4608 9576

$$
KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens51 min
Jun 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville67 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXScott63 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin63 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas60 min
Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood63 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift59 min
Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice42 min
Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley66 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.