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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 min. 2 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, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:35 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 N Wanda, MN
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 Se Wabasso, MN

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.

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 132332 RRA
TORMPX
MNC127-140030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0041.050613T2332Z-050614T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...22 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REDWOOD FALLS...
  CLEMENTS...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF SANBORN...  

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 4422 9538 4422 9513 4449 9493 4468 9534

$$

RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 132348
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-140030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
REDWOOD MN-
646 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD COUNTY...

AT 642 PM...A FUNNEL CLOUD...HALFWAY TO THE GROUND...WAS REPORTED 
NEAR WANDA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS.  THIS WAS 
ACCORDING TO TRAINED SPOTTERS. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS FUNNEL WAS 
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WABASSO...REDWOOD FALLS...AND 
CLEMENTS.

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 4422 9538 4422 9513 4449 9493 4468 9534

$$

RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140035
SVSMPX

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

MNC127-140050-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-050614T0030Z/
REDWOOD MN-
734 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY EXPIRED AT 730 PM CDT...

REDWOOD COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF 
FUNNEL CLOUDS SINCE AT LEAST 7 PM.  THE STORMS HAVE ALSO MOVED NORTH 
AND EAST OUT OF REDWOOD COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

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 4422 9538 4422 9513 4449 9493 4468 9534

$$

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, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas23 min
Jun 13, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin63 min
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDouglas60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.