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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2005, 6:40 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2005, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 27, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2005-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 768 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 272341
TORMPX
MNC003-123-280015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0043.050627T2340Z-050628T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
640 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 637 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A     
  TORNADO...NEAR MOUNDS VIEW...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF            
  MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLAINE...
  CIRCLE PINES...
  MOUNDS VIEW...
  SHOREVIEW...  

LAT...LON 4518 9331 4503 9320 4513 9303 4535 9304

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 272356
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
656 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

MNC003-123-280015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050628T0015Z/
ANOKA MN-RAMSEY MN-
656 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR RAMSEY AND ANOKA
COUNTIES...

AT 652 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR SHOREVIEW...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF ST PAUL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LEXINGTON...GEM LAKE...WHITE
BEAR LAKE...VADNAIS HEIGHTS...ROSEVILLE...NORTH OAKS...NEW
BRIGHTON...MOUNDS VIEW...LITTLE CANADA...LINO LAKES...CIRCLE PINES...
CENTERVILLE AND ARDEN HILLS.

LAT...LON 4509 9325 4497 9317 4502 9300 4521 9305

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280014
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
713 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

MNC003-123-280023-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-050628T0015Z/
ANOKA MN-RAMSEY MN-
713 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RAMSEY AND ANOKA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF RAMSEY AND ANOKA 
COUNTIES...BUT THE TORNADO THREAT WITH THESE STORMS HAS DECREASED. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RAMSEY AND ANOKA COUNTIES WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4509 9325 4497 9317 4502 9300 4521 9305

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns50 min
Jun 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine49 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns, Wright61 min
Jun 27, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin56 min
Jun 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne53 min
Jun 27, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood31 min
Jun 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey30 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright58 min
Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti52 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca49 min
Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWright3 hr
Jun 27, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka41 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice51 min
Jun 27, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXWaseca38 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.