Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 29, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 6:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Milroy, 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 29, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 292256 TORMPX MNC127-292345- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0046.050629T2255Z-050629T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 555 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... REDWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... REDWOOD FALLS... MILROY... VESTA... LUCAN... SEAFORTH... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4453 9559 4438 9559 4431 9498 4455 9509 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 292307
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
MNC127-292345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050629T2345Z/
REDWOOD MN-
607 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR REDWOOD COUNTY...
AT 603 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF VESTA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF
MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SEAFORTH...REDWOOD FALLS...
NORTH REDWOOD...MILROY...DELHI AND BELVIEW.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4453 9559 4438 9559 4447 9504 4456 9509
4469 9535 4454 9534
$$
KAT000
WWUS53 KMPX 292331
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
MNC127-292341-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050629T2345Z/
REDWOOD MN-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4453 9559 4438 9559 4447 9504 4456 9509
4469 9535 4454 9534
$$
KATThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 61 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.