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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Wanda, MN | |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 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.
| 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 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas | 60 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 |
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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.