Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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 13, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nw Alexandria, MN | |
| Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Miltona, MN | PUBLIC REPORT THAT TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. TRAINED SPOTTERS SAW FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDING CLOSE TO THE GROUND BUT THEIR VIEW OF THE GROUND WAS BLOCKED BY TREES. |
| Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Miltona, MN | LARGE TORNADO AND GETTTING LARGER. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 132332 TORMPX MNC041-140030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0040.050613T2330Z-050614T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 630 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 730 PM CDT * AT 628 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUDS 11 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STORMS NEAR EVANSVILLE AND MILLERVILLER ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNELS AS WELL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRANDON... LEAF VALLEY... EVANSVILLE... MILLERVILLE... MELBY... 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 4577 9575 4586 9514 4610 9521 4610 9575 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 132358 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 655 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 MNC041-140030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 655 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 645 PM CDT...HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. NO FURTHER REPORTS OF OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...BUT STORMS REMAIN AT SEVERE LEVELS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...HOLMES...BELLE RIVER...NELSON...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...GARFIELD...EVANSVILLE... CARLOS AND BRANDON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4577 9575 4586 9514 4610 9521 4610 9575 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 140001 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 659 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 MNC041-140030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/ DOUGLAS MN- 659 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 658 PM...A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE MILTONA. SPOTTERS REPORTED SEEING A LARGE FUNNEL AT THE SAME LOCATION. AT 654 PM CDT... THE TORNADO PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEAF VALLEY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELBY...HOLMES...BELLE RIVER...NELSON...MILTONA...MILLERVILLE...GARFIELD...EVANSVILLE... CARLOS AND BRANDON. LAT...LON 4577 9575 4586 9514 4610 9521 4610 9575 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 66 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.