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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 2005Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2005, 7:20 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 7:46 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:22 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Vadnais Heights, MN
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Vadnais Heights, 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, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 396 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 140021
TORMPX
MNC123-140045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0042.050614T0020Z-050614T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A     
  TORNADO...OVER ROSEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VADNAIS HEIGHTS...
  ARDEN HILLS...
  WHITE BEAR LAKE...
  SHOREVIEW...
  NORTH OAKS... 

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 4495 9319 4496 9300 4510 9299 4510 9320

$$
RJN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 140046
SVSMPX

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

MNC123-140058-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-050614T0045Z/
RAMSEY MN-
746 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RAMSEY COUNTY EXPIRED AT 745 PM CDT...

RADAR SHOWED THE STORM HAD WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY...AND NO LONGER 
SHOWED ANY ROTATION.  IT HAD ALSO MOVED NORTHEAST OF VADNAIS 
HEIGHTS...OUT OF RAMSEY COUNTY.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR RAMSEY 
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM.  QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG AND 
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36...IN ROSEVILLE AND INTO SHOREVIEW.  THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO IS IN EFFECT FOR ANOKA AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 4495 9319 4496 9300 4510 9299 4510 9320

$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington60 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota65 min
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison47 min
Jun 13, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope53 min
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti50 min
Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas60 min
Jun 13, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker43 min
Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur48 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod45 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington67 min
Jun 13, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs60 min
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago66 min
Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDouglas4 hr
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Scott36 min
Jun 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift33 min
Jun 13, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd54 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.